THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  ILLINOIS 
LIBRARY 


35£.0T4  8 

34^5  or 


REMOTE  STORAGE 

ROOKSTACKS  OFFICE 


Remote  storage 


V 


GENERAL  BOROUGH  LAW, 

ACTS  OF  INCORPORATION, 

Acts  of  Assembly  pertaining  to  the  Borough  of 
Bethlehem,  and 

Ordinances  and  Resolutions 

OF 

TOWN  COUNCIL, 


Compiled  in  pursuance  of  the  following  Resolution 
passed  April  25,  1873  : 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Beaber,' seconded  by  Mr.  Herman,  it  was 
Resolved , That  the  Borough  Solicitor  compile  and  have 
printed  in  one  book,  or  pamphlet  form:  1.  General  borough 
law  2.  All  acts  of  Assembly  pertaining  to  the  Borough  of 
Bethlehem.  3.  The  ordinances  and  resolutions  of  the  borough 
to  date  ; also,  that  500  copies  be  printed  in  the  above  mentioned 
form. 


BY 

W.  TC.  DOSTER,  Solicitor. 


BETHLEHEM.  PA.  : 

D.  J.  Godsiialk,  Printer. 
1874. 


9> 


' 


Boutical 8c!ece» KmmWIi  nwu  30Ho’17  flJUJSyJSL  gfr_LJ_,  ftjh.  Co 


Jict, 


REGULATING  BOROUGHS. 


Section  1,  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  au- 
thority of  the  same,  Tbat  every  borough  within  this  Com- 
monwealth that  hereafter  may  be  incorporated  by  an  act  of 
the  General  Assembly,  or  by  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions 
of  any  county  shall  have  power — 


I.  To  have  succession  by  its  corporate  name  perpetually. 


II.  To  sue  and  be  sued,  to  complain  and  defend  in  all 
courts  of  record  and  elsewhere. 

III.  To  make  and  use  a common  seal,  and  alter  the  same 
at  pleasure. 

IV.  To  hold,  purchase  and  convey  such  real  and  personal 
estate  as  the  purposes  of  the  borough  shall  require,  not  ex- 
ceeding the  amount  limited  in  its  charter. 

II.  POWERS  OF  CORPORATE  OFFICERS. 

Section  2.  The  powers  of  the  corporation  shall  be 
vested  in  the  corporate  officers  designated  in  the  charter, 
they  shall  have  power — 


I.  To  make  such  laws,  ordinances,  by-laws  and  regula- 
tions not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  of  this  Commonwealth 
as  they  shall  deem  necessary  for  the  good  order  and  govern- 
ment of  the  borough. 

II.  To  survey,  lay  out,  enact  and  ordain  such  roads, 
streets,  lanes,  alleys,  courts  and  common  sewers  as  they 
may  deem  necessary,  and  t?o  provide  for,  enact  and  ordain 
the  widening  and  straightening  of  the  same. 


III.  To  prohibit  the  erection  or  construction  of  any  build- 
ing or  work,  excavation  or  other  obstruction,  to  the  opening, 
widening,  straightening  and  convenient  use  thereof. 

IV.  To  regulate  the  roads,  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  courts, 
common  sewers,  public  squares,  common  grounds,  foot- 
walks,  pavements,  gutters,  culverts  and  drains,  and  the 
heights,  grades,  widths,  slopes  aud  forms  thereof ; and  they 
shall  have  all  other  needful  jurisdiction  over  the  same. 

V.  To  require  and  direct  the  grading,  curbing,  paving 
and  guttering  of  the  side  or  foot- walks,  by  the  owner  or 
owners  of  the  lots  of  ground  respectively  fronting  thereon, 
in  accordance  with  the  general  regulations  prescribed. 

Y I.  To  cause  the  same  to  be  done  on  failure  of  the 
owners  thereof,  within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  general 
regulations,  and  to  collect  the  cost  of  the  work  and  materials 
with  twenty  per  centum  advance  thereon  from  said  owners, 
as  claims  are  by  law  recoverable  under  the  provisions  of  the 
law  relative  to  mechanics’  liens,  and  the  particulars  of  such 
labor  and  materials  ; the  name  or  names  of  the  actual  or 
reputed  owner  or  owners,  as  also  of  the  occupier  or  occu- 
piers of  the  premises  for  the  time  being,  shall  be  set  forth 
in  a statement  to  be  filed  within  thirty  days  after  such  ex- 
pense shall  have  been  incurred. 

VII.  To  make  all  needful  regulations  respecting  the 
foundations  and  party-walls  of  buildings  and  respecting 
vaults,  cesspools,  sinks,  drains  and  partition  fences. 

VIII.  To  enter  upon  the  lands  and  premises  of  any  per- 
son or  persons  for  the  purposes  authorized  by  this  act  by 
themselves  and  their  duly  appointed  officers  and  agents. 

IX.  To  prohibit  and  otherwise  regulate  the  running  at 
large  of  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  geese,  dogs  and  other 
animals,  and  to  authorize  their  seizure  and  sale  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  borough. 

X.  To  authorize  and  direct  the  killing  of  dogs  running 
at  large,  contrary  to  the  regulations  of  the  borough. 

XI.  To  make  all  needful  regulations  respecting  markets 
and  market  days,  the  hawking  and  peddling  of  market  pro  - 


5 


duce,  and  for  the  inspection  and  measurement  or  weight  of 
cord-wood,  hay,  coal  and  other  articles  sold  or  offered  for 
sale  in  the  borough. 

XII.  To  regulate  annually  the  scales,  weights  and  meas- 
ures withiu  the  borough,  according  to  the  staudard  of  the 
Commonwealth. 

Xtll.  To  prohibit  and  remove  any  obstructions  in  the 
highways  of  the  borough,  and  any  nuisance  or  offensive 
matter  whether  in  the  highways  or  in  public  or  private 
ground,  and  to  require  the  removal  of  the  same  by  the 
owner  or  occupier  of  such  grounds,  in  default  of  which  the 
corporation  may  cause  the  same  to  be  done,  and  collect  the 
cost  thereof  with  twenty  per  centum  advance  thereon,  in 
the  mariner  provided  herein  for  the  cost  of  pavements  made 
by  the  corporation. 

XIV.  To  prohibit  within  the  borough  the  carrying  on  of 
any  manufacture,  art,  trade  or  business  which  may  be  nox- 
ious or  offensive  to  the  inhabitants  ; the  manufacture,  sale 
or  exposure  of  fire-works  or  other  inflammable  or  dangerous 
articles,  and  to  limit  and  prescribe  the  quantities  that  may 
be  kept  in  one  place  of  gunpowder,  fire-works,  turpentine 
and  other  inflammable  articles,  and  to  prescribe  such  ocher 
safeguards  as  may  be  necessary. 

XV.  To  make  such  regulations  relative  to  accumulations 
of  manure,  compost,  and  the  like  in  barns,  stable-yards  and 
other  places,  and  to  prohibit  the  keeping  of  hogs  within  the 
borough,  or  withiu  such  limits  within  the  same  as  they  may 
prescribe. 

XVI.  To  prohibit  within  the  borough  the  burial  or  in- 
terment of  deceased  persons,  or  within  such  partial  limits 
within  the  same  as  they  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe, 
and  to  regulate  the  depths  of  graves. 

XVII.  To  make  such  other  regulations  as  maybe  neces- 
sary for  the  health  and  cleanliness  of  the  borough. 

XVIII.  To  make  regulations  relative  to  the  cause  and 
management  of  fires,  and  within  such  limits  within  the  bor- 
ough as  they  may  deem  proper  to  prescribe,  and  to  author- 


6 


ize  the  borough  authorities  to  appropriate  money  for  the 
purchase  of  fire  engines  for  the  use  of  said  boroughs  to  and 
fire  companies. 

XIX.  To  regulate  and  prohibit  the  exhibition  of  plays, 
shows,  mountebanks,  jugglers,  and  all  other  exhibitions 
within  the  same. 

XX.  To  establish  a nightly  watch , to  light  the  streets,  to 
provide  a supply  of  water  for  the  use  of  the  inhabitants,  to 
make  all  needful  regulations  for  the  protection  of  the  pipes, 
lamps,  reservoirs  and  other  construction  or  apparatus,  aiid 
to  prevent  the  waste  of  water  so  supplied. 

XXI.  To  impose  fines  and  penalties,  incurring  partial  or 
total  forfeitures,  to  remit  the  same,  to  provide  or  erect  a 
lockup  house  for  the  temporary  detention  of  persons  com- 
mitted by  the  proper  corporate  officers,  or  by  the  justices  of 
the  peace  within  the  borough  : Provided , That  no  person 
shall  be  confined  in  such  lockup  house  for  a longer  period 
than  forty-eight  hours  at  any  one  time. 

XXII.  To  appoint  and  remove  such  officers,  prescribe 
their  duties  and  allow  them  such  compensation  as  they  may 
deem  necessary  to  secure  the  peace,  order  and  well  being  of 
the  inhabitants,  and  to  enforce  the  ordinances  and  regula- 
tions of  the  borough. 

XXIII.  To  prescribe  such  fees  as  they  may  deem  proper 
for  the  services  of  their  officers  in  the  adjustment  of  the 
grades,  curbs,  lines,  party  walls,  partition  fences  and  the 
like,  and  to  enforce  the  payment  of  the  same. 

XXIY.  To  levy  and  collect  annually  for  borough  pur- 
poses any  tax  not  exceeding  one-half  cent  on  the  dollar  on 
the  valuation  assessed  for  county  purposes  as  now  is  or  may 
be  provided  by  law,  all  property,  offices,  professions  and 
persons  made  taxable  by  the  laws  of  this  Commonwealth 
for  county  rates  and  levies,  shall  be  taxable  after  the  same 
manner  for  borough  purposes. 

XXV.  To  levy  and  collect  annually  a tax  on  the  owners 
of  dogs  and  bitches,  not  exceeding  one  dollar  on  the  owner 
of  but  on®  dog,  or  two  dollars  on  the  owner  of  but  one 


7 


bitch,  and  in  such  ratio  of  increase  as  they  may  deem 
proper. 

XXVI.  To  borrow  money  for  the  use  of  the  borough  not 
exceeding  in  the  whole  one  dollar  in  every  hundred  dollars 
of  the  assessed  value  of  the  real  and  personal  estate  in  the 
borough  as  assessed  for  county  purposes,  and  to  issue  certifi- 
cates therefor  bearing  interest  not  exceeding  six  per  centum  : 
Provided , That  the  same  shall  not  be  disposed  of  at  less  than 
par  value:  And  provided  further , That  such  loan  shall  be 
subject  only  to  the  payment  of  S^ate  taxes. 

III.  DUTIES  OF  CORPORATE  OFFICERS. 

Section  8.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  corporate 
officers,  a majority  of  whom  shall  be  a quorum, 

I.  To  meet  statedly  at  least  once  a month,  and  within 
ten  days  after  the  election  of  any  corporate  officer. 

II.  Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  the  offices  to  take 
and  subscribe  an  oath  or  affirmation  before  any  judge  or 
justice  of  the  peace  of  the  proper  county,  to  support  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  to  perform  the  duties  of  their  respect- 
ive offices  with  fidelity  ; and  the  same  shall  be  entered  upon 
or  filed  among  tfc$  records  of  the  corporation,  provided  that 
the  chief  officer  of  the  corporation,  having  been  first  duly 
qualified,  may  administer  to  the  other  officers  the  said  oaths 
and  affirmations. 

III.  To  make  full  records  of  their  proceedings,  and  to 
provide  for  the  preservation  thereof. 

IV.  To  publish  in  at  least  one  newspaper,  if  such  be 
printed  in  the  proper  county,  and  by  not  less  than  twelve 
advertisements,  to  be  put  up  in  the  most  public  places  in  the 
borough,  every  enactment,  regulation,  ordinance,  or  other 
general  law,  at  least  ten  days  before  the  same  shall  take 
effect. 

V.  To  appoint  a treasurer  and  secretary. 

VI.  To  give  due  and  reasonable  personal  notice  of  all 
orders  and  regulations  affecting  particular  individuals. 

VII.  To  make  a draft  or  plan  of  the  roads,  streets,  lanes, 


8 


alleys  and  courts  opened  or  laid  out,  with  every  explanation 
necessary  to  a full  understanding  of  the  same,  which  draft 
or  plan  shall  he  kept  by  the  clerk,  and  shall  be  Open  to  pub- 
lic inspection  wheu  required. 

VIII.  To  give  due  and  personal  notice  to  all  persons  resi- 
dent in  the  borough,  directly  interested  therein,  of  any 
proposition  to  fix  or  change  the  roads,  streets,  lanes,  alleys, 
or  designate  a time  and  place  when  they  shall  be  heard  in 
relation  thereto,  and  in  the  case  of  persons  not  residing  in 
the  borough,  such  notice  shall  be  given  to  the  occupants  of 
the  respective  premises  by  them  held  affected  by  such  prop- 
osition, or  if  unoccupied,  by  written  or  printed  notices  con- 
spicuouly  posted  upon  such  premises. 

IX.  To  appoint  a time  and  place,  of  which  due  notice 
shall  be  given,  for  the  hearing  of  appeals  in  relation  to  the 
assessment  of  taxes  by  such  corporate  officers,  not  less  than 
three  of  whom  they  may  designate,  who  shall  have  power 
to  grant  such  relief  as  may  to  them  seem  proper, 

X.  To  fix  from  time  to  time  the  amount  of  security  to  be 
given  by  the  treasurer,  high  constable,  and  the  collector  of 
borough  taxes,  and  their  compensation,  and  to  direct  the 
publication  of  the  accounts  of  the  treasurer  annually,  and 
the  mode  of  publication. 

IV.  BOROUGH  OFFICERS. 

Section  4.  That  the  corporate  officers  shall  receive  no 
compensation  for  their  services  in  that  capacity,  excepting 
such  as  may  be  specially  authorized  by  law. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  chief  burgess  or  other  principal  officer 
of  the  corporation  shall  have  power — 

I.  To  enforce  the  by-laws,  ordinances,  rules  and  regula- 
tions of  the  corporation. 

II.  To  exercise  jurisdiction  in  all  disputes  between  the 
corporation  and  individuals  arising  under  the  same. 

III.  To  exercise  the  powers,  jurisdiction  and  authority 
of  justices  of  the  peace  within  the  borough  for  the  suppres- 
sion of  riots,  tumults,  disorderly  meetings  ; and  in  all  crimi- 
nal cases  for  the  punishment  of  vagrants  and  disorderly 


9 


persons  he  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  fees  for  like  ser- 
vices. 

Sec.  6.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  burgess  or 
other  principal  corporate  officer — 

I.  To  preserve  order  and  maintain  the  peace  of  the  bor- 
ough, to  enforce  the  ordinances  aDd  regulations,  to  hear  com- 
plaints, to  remove  nuisances,  and  exact  a faithful  perform- 
ance of  the  duties  of  the  officers  appointed. 

It.  To  issue  his  warrant  for  the  collection  of  taxes  as- 
sessed, aDd  to  demand  and  receive  sufficient  security  in  the 
amount,  fixed  by  the  corporation  from  the  treasurer,  collector 
and  high  constable. 

III.  To  sign  the  several  by-laws,  rules,  regulations  and 
ordinances  adopted,  after  they  shall  have  been  duly  and 
correctly  transcribed  by  the  secretary. 

Sec.  7.  That  in  the  absence  of  the  principal  corporate 
.officer,  and  in  case  of  vacancy  or  inability  of  the  same,  the 
second  burgess  or  other  officer  designated  in  the  charter,  or 
by  the  by-laws  of  the  corporation  for  that  purpose,  shall  ex- 
ercise the  like  powers  aud  perform  the  like  duties. 

Sec.  8.  That  the  secretary  shall  attend  all  the  meetings 
of  the  corporation,  keep  full  minutes  of  their  proceedings, 
transcribe  the  by  laws,  rules,  regulations,  and  ordinances 
adopted,  into  a book  kept  for  that  purpose  ; and  when  signed 
by  the  presiding  officer,  shall  attest  the  same,  preserve  the 
records  and  documents  of  the  corporation,  keep  the  seal  of 
the  corporation,  certify  copies  of  any  book,  paper,  record, 
by-law,  rule,  regulation,  ordinance  or  proceeding  of  the 
corporation  under  the  seal  thereof,  which  copies  so  certified 
sl'all  be  good  evidence  of  the  act  or  thing  certified,  and  shall 
attest  the  execution  of  all  instruments  under  the  same  re- 
cord, the  publication  of  all  enactments,  and  attest  the  same 
by  his  signature  thereto,  and  shall  file  of  record  the  proof 
of  service  of  all  notices  as  required  by  this  act  or  of  supple- 
ments hereto,  his  certificate  whereof  shall  be  good  evidence 
of  such  notice  ; he  fhall  deliver  over  to  his  successor  the 
seal  and  all  the  books,  papers  and  all  things  belonging  to 
the  corporation. 


10 


Sec.  9.  That  the  duties  of  town  clerk  in  boroughs  shall 
hereafter  be  performed  by  the  secretary  of  the  corporation, 
who  shall  receive  the  fees  prescribed  by  law  for  the  per- 
formance of  the  duties  of  that  office. 

Sec.  10.  That  the  treasurer  shall  give  bond  with  surety, 
as  required  by  the  corporation,  before  entering  upon  his 
duties  ; he  shall  keep  a just  account  of  all  his  receipts  and 
disbursements,  and  shall  annually  submit  his  accounts  to 
the  borough  auditors  to  be  audited  and  examined  by  them, 
and  shall  publish  the  same  in  the  manner  directed  by  the 
corporation,  and  shall  pay  over  all  moneys  remaining  in  his 
hands,  and  deliver  all  books,  papers,  accounts  and  other 
things  belonging  to  the  corporation  to  his  successor. 

Sec.  11.  That  the  treasurer  of  the  corporation  shall 
perform  the  duties  of  township  treasurer  within  the  bor- 
ough, and  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  the  corpora- 
tion shall  direct. 

Sec.  12.  That  the  collector  of  borough  taxes  shall  have  * 
the  same  powers,  and  may  be  proceeded  against  by  the  bor- 
ough treasurer  in  t^e  same  manner  for  neglect  to  pay  over 
the  amount  of  his  duplicate  according  to  law,  as  provided 
in  the  case  of  collectors  of  county  rates  and  levies. 

Sec.  13.  That  the  high  constable  shall  give  bond  with 
surety  as  required  by  the  corporation  ; he  shall  have  the 
power  dnd  authority  of  constables  of  the  several  townships 
in  the  proper  county  ; he  shall  serve  the  notices  prescribed 
by  this  act,  and  attest  the  services  of  the  same  by  affidavit 
in  writing,  signed  by  him  and  deposited  with  the  secretary 
of  the  corporation. 

V.  ELECTIONS. 

Section  14.  Borough  elections  shall  be  held  in  accord- 
ance with  and  subject  to  all  the  provisions  of  the  laws  reg- 
ulating township  elections,  so  far  as  applicable,  unless 
otherwise  provided  for  in  the  charter. 

Sec.  15.  That  the  election  of  borough  officers  shall  be  at 
the  time  and  place  appointed  by  law  for  the  choice  of  in- 


11 


spectors  of  the  general  election,  unless  otherwise  prescribed 
in  the  charter. 

Sec.  16.  That  every  person  entitled  to  a vote  for  mem- 
bers of  the  general  assembly,  having  resided  in  the  borough 
six  months  immediately  preceding  the  election,  and  within 
one  year  paid  a borough  tax,  if  such  shall  have  been  levied, 
shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  the  borough  election. 

Sec  17.  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  borough  electors 
annually  to  elect — 

I.  The  corporate  officers  designated  in  the  charter  or  by 
this  act. 

II.  One  judge  and  two  inspectors  of  the  general  election. 

III.  One  assessor  and  two  assistant  assessors,  when  re- 
quired by  the  laws  of  this  Commonwealth. 

IV.  One  borough  auditor  to  serve  three  years. 

V.  One  constable. 

VI.  Two  overseers  of  the  poor,  if  necessary,  who  shall 
perform  the  duties  and  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the 
law  respecting  township  officers  and  elections. 

Sec.  18.  That  electors  only  shall  be  eligible  to  borough 
offices. 

Sec.  19.  That  the  officers  elected  shall  serve  until  others 
are  duly  elected  and  qualified. 

Sec.  20.  That  certificates  of  the  election  of  all  borough 
officers  shall  be  filed  among  the  records  of  the  corporation. 

VI.  NEW  BOROUGHS. 

Section  21.  That  the  several  Courts  of  Quarter  Sessions 
within  this  Commonwealth  shall  have  power  as  provided  by 
law  to  incorporate  boroughs  without  regard  to  the  popula- 
tion thereof,  which  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this 
act,  to  fix  the  time  and  place  of  holding  the  first  election 
therein,  to  designate  a person  to  give  due  notice  of  such  elec- 
tion and  the  manner  thereof,  to  appoint  a judge  and  inspec- 
tors of  such  first  election  from  among  the  electors  of  the 
borough,  to  fix  and  change  the  time  and  place  within  the 
same  of  holding  the  annual  borough  election. 

Sec.  22.  That  every  borough  hereafter  incorporated  hr  an 


12 


act  of  the  General  Assembly  shall,  unless  otherwise  pro- 
vided, be  subject  to  the  prorisions  of  this  act,  and  the 
Courts  of  Quarter  Sessions  shall  have  power  to  fix  the  time 
and  place  of  holding  borough  elections  as  herein  provided, 
and  shall  in  like  manner  appoint  the  officers  to  hold  the  first 
election,  and  a person  to  give  notice  thereof. 

Sec.  23.  That  the  court  aforesaid  shall  have  power  to 
declare  any  borough  erected  or  incorporated  und-  r the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  a separate  election  and  school  district,  or 
either,  if  in  their  opinion  the  interest  of  the  inhabitants  re- 
quires it. 

Sec.  24.  That  every  borough  incorporated  from  within  a 
township  or  townships,  shall  be  a distinct  district  separate 
therefrom,  but  shall  pay  its  just  proportion  of  the  indebted- 
ness of  such  towuship  or  townships  for  the  repairs  of  roads 
existing  at  the  time  of  its  incorporation. 

Sec.  25.  That  the  boundaries  of  the  borough  shall,  as 
soou  as  practical  after  its  incorporation,  be  determined  and 
marked,  due  notice  being  first  given  to  the  supervisors  of 
adjoining  townships,  or  to  the  corporate  authorities  of  ad- 
joining boroughs. 

Sec.  26.  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  borough  electors 
at  the  first  borough  election  to  elect  six  school  directors 
under  the  provisions  of  the  laws  regulating  common  schools, 
and  two  justices  of  the  peace  to  serve  for  a term  of  five 
years,  and  thereafter  to  elect  justices  of  the  peace  and 
school  directors  as  directed  by  law  : Provided , This  section 
shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  authorize  the  commissioning 
of  or  to  have  commissioned  more  than  two  justices  at  the 
same  time  residing  within  said  borough,  unless  under  the 
provisions  of  the  existing  laws  they  have  by  vote  of  the 
electors  increased  the  number  of  justices  within  the  limits 
of  any  such  borough  or  boroughs. 

VII.  GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Section  27.  That  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  corpora- 
tion shall  be  subject  to  the  following  provisions  : 

I.  Private  property  shall  not  be  taken  for  the  use  or  pur- 


13 


pose  of  the  corporation  without  the  consent  of  the  owners, 
or  until  just  compensation  shall  be  mad*}  therefor, according 
to  the  laws  of  this  Commonwealth. 

II.  Complaint  may  be  made  to  the  next  Court  of  Quar- 
ter Sessions  of  the  proper  county,  by  any  person,  upon  en- 
tering into  recognizance  with  sufficient  security  according  to 
law  to  prosecute  the  same  with  effect,  and  for  the  payment 
of  costs  and  any  grievance  in  consequence  of  anv  ordi- 
nance, regulation  or  act  done  or  purporting  to  be  done  in 
virtue  of  this  act;  and  the  determination  and  order  of  the 
said  court  thereon  shall  be  conclusive. 

III.  Upon  the  complaint  of  any  person  or  persons  ag- 
grieved by  any  regulation  under  the  provisions  of  this  act 
in  relation  to  the  laying  out,  widening  and  straightening  the 
roads,  streets , lanes,  alleys,  courts  and  common  sewers,  or 
of  the  opening,  grading  or  other  regulations  thereof  ; the 
said  court  shall  take  such  order  as  may  be  just  and  reason- 
able, and  the  final  order  of  the  said  court  shall  be  conclu- 
sive: Provided , That  like  proceedings  shall  be  had  for  the 
opening,  widening  and  straightening  of  the  roads,  streets, 
lanes,  courts  and  alleys  laid  out  and  ordained  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  as  are  provided  by  law  for 
the  laying  out  and  opening  of  public  roads  withiu  this  Com- 
monwealth : Provided  also,  That  every  jury  appointed  to 
view,  review,  lay  out,  widen,  or  straighten,  or  vacate  any 
road  or  part  of  road  in  any  borough  of  this  Common  wealth, 
shall  have  due  reference  to  the  town  plot  herein  authorized 
and  directed,  and  to  the  general  arrangement,  plan,  conve- 
nience and  advantage  of  the  borough,  and  shall  set  forth  the 
facts  fully  in  their  report  : Provided  farther , That  such 
streets,  lanes  and  alleys  shall  not  be  opened  for  public  use 
until  the  damages  shall  be  liquidated;  and  upon  any  amounts 
due  or  to  become  due  by  borough  corporations  for  the  pur- 
poses aforesaid,  interest  shall  be  allowed  and  paid  from  the 
date  of  the  adjudication  of  said  damages. 

IV.  The  same  when  duly  opened  according  to  law  or  bv 
agreement  of  parties,  are  hereby  declared  public  highways, 


14 


over  which  the  corporation  shall  exercise  jurisdiction  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Y.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  owner  or  owners,  oc- 
cupier or  occupiers  of  lands,  buildings  or  other  improve- 
ments, to  erect  any  buildings  or  make  any  improvements, 
within  the  lines  of  the  roads,  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  courts  or 
common  sewers,  laid  out,  widened  or  straighteued,  after  due 
notice  thereof,  and  if  any  such  erection  or  improvement 
shall  be  made,  no  allowance  shall  be  made  therefor  in  the 
assessment  of  damages,  but  the  loss  or  injury  sustained  by 
the  laying  out  of  the  same,  or  the  enactment  of  such  widen- 
ing or  straightening  thereof,  shall  be  determined  by  agree- 
ment of  the  parties,  or  by  appeal  to  the  court  as  herein  di- 
rected : Provided,  That  all  damages  assessed  beyond  the 
value  of  the  land  thus  appropriated  to  public  use  shall  be 
paid  by  the  corporation,  and  the  jury  shall  separately  as- 
sess the  same. 

Sec.  28.  That  the  corporate  style  and  title  of  boroughs 
incorporated  under  this  act  shall  be  The  borough  of 

Sec.  29.  That  all  charters  granted  under  this  act  shall 
set  forth, 

I.  The  corporate  style  and  title  of  the  borough. 

II.  The  boundaries  thereof. 

III.  The  time  and  place  of  holding  the  annual  borough 
election. 

Sec.  30.  That  the  burgess  and  town  council  of  any  bor- 
ough shall  have  power,  and  by  virtue  of  this  act  aie  di- 
rected and  required,  on  petition  of  any  number  not  less 
than  twenty  of  the  freehold  owners  of  lots  or  out-lots,  or 
other  tracts  of  land  in  any  section  lying  adjacent  to  said 
borough,  to  declare  by  ordinance  the  admission  of  the  sec- 
tion on  which  such  petitioners  and  others  reside  ; and  the 
said  section  shall  forever  thereafter  be  deemed  and  taken 
and  allowed  to  be  a part  of  said  borough,  and  subject  to  the 
jurisdiction  and  government  of  the  municipal  authorities  of 
said  borough,  as  fully  as  if  the  same  had  been  originally  a 
part  of  the  said  borough. 

Sec.  31.  That  boroughs  incorporated  by  the  court  of  the 


15 


proper  county  shall  be  limited  to  hold  real  and  personal 
estate  not  exceeding  the  yearly  value  of  three  thousand 
dollars. 

Sec.  32.  Fines  and  penalties  under  the  ordinances  of 
the  borough  shall  be  recoverabl  : before  any  justice  of  the 
peace  of  the  borough,  which  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  treas- 
urer for  the  use  of  the  corporation. 

Sec.  33.  That  any  borough  heretofore  incorporated  may, 
upon  application  to  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions,  become 
subject  to  the  restrictions  and  possess  the  powers  awd  privi- 
leges conferred  by  this  act : Provided,  That  the  said  court 
may  in  their  discretion  refuse  such  application  on  the  re- 
monstrance of  the  inhabitants  : And  provided  further,  That 
upon  such  application  being  confirmed  by  the  said  court, 
the  provisions  of  the  former  charter  shall  be  annulled  by  the 
decree  of  the  court,  so  far  as  they  are  in  conflict  with  the 
provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  34.  That  all  general  laws  of  this  Commonwealth 
inconsistent  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

John  Cessna, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Benjamin  Matthias, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved— The  third  day  of  April,  A.  D.,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  ami  fifty-one. 


WM.  F.  JOHNSTON. 


16 


Jid  of  Incorporation. 

AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  THE  VILLAGE  OF 
BETHLEHEM  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  NORTHAMP- 
TON INTO  A BOROUGH. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Peunsylvauia  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  au- 
thority of  the  same,  That  the  village  of  Bethlehem,  in  the 
county  of  Northampton,  shall  be  and  hereby  is  erected  in- 
to a borough,  which  shall  be  called  the  borough  of  Bethle- 
hem, and  shall  he  bounded  and  limited  as  follows  : Begin- 
ning at  the  river  Lehigh,  at  the  fording  place  immediately 
above  Jones*  island,  thence  np  the  said  river  to  the  mouth 
of  Monocacy  creek,  thence  along  said  creek  to  the  stone 
bridge  at  the  Hanover  towuship  line  in  Northampton 
county,  thence  along  the  center  of  the  upper  road  leading 
from  Allentown  to  Easton  to  the  intersection  of  the  road 
leading  from  Nazareth  to  Philadelphia,  thence  along  the 
center  of  the  road  last  mentioned  to  the  river  Lehigh  to 
the  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  2 That  the  inhabitants  of  said  borough  entitled  to 
vote  for  members  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  who  shall 
have  resided  within  the  same  for  six  months  immediately 
preceding  the  election  hereinafter  mentioned,  shall  on  the 
third  Friday  in  March,  eighteen  huudred  and  forty-five 
(being  the  day  of  the  township  elections  in  the  State), 
meet  at  the  house  uow  in  the  occupancy  of  Caleb  Yohe  in 
said  borough,  and  then  and  there,  between  the  hours  of  one 
and  seven  in  the  afternoon,  elect  by  ballot  one  citizen,  who 
shall  be  styled  burgess,  and  nine  citizens,  who  shall  be 
a council,  and  three  citizens,  who  shall  be  auditors,  all  of 


17 


whom  shall  be  inhabitants  of  the  said  borough  ; the  first 
election  to  be  held  by  the  same  officers  who  held  the  general 
election  last  fall  ; and  after  the  said  election  shall  have 
been  closed  shall  declare  the  persons  having  the  greatest 
number  of  votes  duly  elected,  whereupon  a certificate  of 
the  said  election  shall  be  signed  by  the  said  judges,  a copy 
thereof  transmitted  by  the  clerk  to  each  person  elected, 
and  the  original  recorded  in  the  record  books  of  the  corpor- 
ation, and  in  case  of  death,  resignation,  removal  or  refusal 
to  accept  any  of  the  said  offices,  a new  election  shall  be 
held  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  such  vacancy  in  the  man- 
ner hereinafter  provided:  Provided , That  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  constable  of  the  township  of  Bethlehem,  for  the 
time  being,  to  give  ten  days’  notice  by  advertisements,  set 
up  at  four  of  the  most  public  places  in  said  borough.  At 
such  borough  elections  each  officer  shall  be  allowed  fifty 
cents  for  his  services. 

Sec.  3.  On  the  Monday  next  after  the  said  election,  the 
members  of  the  council  elected  as  aforesaid  shall  be  con- 
vened at  the  said  house  of  Caleb  Yohe,  in  the  said  borough, 
by  order  of  the  burgess,  and  then  and  there  shall  by  lot 
divide  themselves  into  three  classes,  and  the  seats  of  mem- 
bers of  the  council  of  the  first  class  shall  be  vacated  at  the 
expiration  of  the  first  year,  counting  the  year  from  the  first 
Monday  after  the  third  Friday  in  March,  and  the  second 
class  at  the  expiratiou  of  the  second  year,  and  the  third 
class  at  the  expiratiou  of  the  third  year.  The  auditors 
shall  divide  themselves  in  like  manner,  one  going  out  every 
year. 

Sec.  4.  The  inhabitants  of  said  borough,  entitled  to  vote 
as  aforesaid,  shall  on  the  third  Friday  in  March  next  ensu- 
ing the  election  aforesaid,  and  on  the  same  day  in  every 
year  thereafter,  meet  at  the  house  now  in  the  occupancy  of 
Caleb  Yohe,  and  elect  in  the  manner  aforesaid  one  burgess, 
three  members  of  council,  and  one  auditor,  to  supply  the 
place  of  the  members  of  council  and  auditor  vacated  in 
manner  hereinbefore  mentioned,  and  shall  also  elect  as 


18 


aforesaid  one  constable,  and  one  assessor  and  assistant  as- 
sessor, and  two  school  directors,  and  every  five  years  two 
justices  of  the  peace  , and  a certificate  of  such  election 
shall  be  signed  by  the  said  judges,  a copy  thereof  trans- 
mitted by  the  constable  of  the  preceding  year  to  the  per- 
sons so  elected,  and  the  original  recorded  in  the  record 
books  of  the  corporatioq  ; and  in  case  of  death,  resignation 
or  refusal  to  accept  any  of  said  offices,  or  if  it  should  at 
any  time  happen  that  no  election  shall  be  holden  at  the 
time  and  place  appointed,  the  burgess,  or  in  his  absence  or 
inability  or  refusal  to  act,  any  member  of  the  council  shall 
issue  his  precept  directed  to  the  high  constable  to  hold  an 
election  in  manner  aforesaid  to  supply  such  vacancy,  and  in 
the  meantime  the  officers  of  said  borough,  elected  for  the 
last  year,  shall  continue  to  all  intents  and  purposes  to  hold 
their  respective  offices,  and  exercise  all  the  powers  apper- 
taining thereto,  as  fully  and  effectually  as  if  their  term  of 
office  had  not  expired. 

Sec.  5.  From  and  after  the  first  Monday  after  the  third 
Friday  in  March  next,  the  burgess  and  council  elected  as 
aforesaid  and  their  successors  shall  be  one  body  politic  and 
corporate  by  the  name  and  style  ol  “ The  Burgess  and 
Council  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem  in  the  county  of 
Northampton,”  and  shall  have  perpetual  succession,  and 
shall  be  capable  in  law  to  have,  require,  receive,  hold,  pur- 
chase and  possess  goods,  chattels,  lands  and  tenements, 
rents,  liberties,  jurisdiction,  purchases  and  hereditaments 
to  them  and  their  successors  in  fee  simple  or  otherwise,  not 
exceeding  the  yearly  value  of  five  thousand  dollars,  and 
also  to  give,  grant,  sell,  let  and  assign  the  same  goods,  chat- 
tels, lands,  tenements,  1 ereditaments  and  rents;  and  by 
the  name  and  style  aforesaid  they  shall  be  capable  in  law  to 
sue  and  be  sued,  plead  and  be  impleaded,  in  any  of  the 
courts  of  this  commonwealth,  in  all  manner  of  actions 
whatsoever,  and  to  have  and  use  one  common  seal,  and  the 
same  from  time  to  time  at  their  will  to  change  and  alter. 

Sec.  6.  If  any  person  duly  elected  as  burgess  or  mem- 


19 


ber  of  council  as  aforesaid,  and  having  received  notice 
thereof,  as  i*s  directed  by  this  act,  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to 
discharge  the  duty  of  the  same  according  to  law,  every  such 
person,  neglecting  or  so  refusing,  shall  for  every  such 
offence  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars,  which 
fine  and  all  other  fines  and  forfeitures  incurred  and  made 
payable  in  pursuance  of  this  act,  or  of  any  by-laws,  ordi- 
nances, rules  and  regulations  of  the  burgess  and  council 
shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  corporation,  and  shall  be  recover- 
able in  the  same  mauner  as  debts  of  equal  amount  are  or 
shall  be  by  law  recoverable  unless  herein  otherwise  pro- 
vided for,  and,  when  so  recovered,  shall  forthwith  be  paid 
to  the  treasurer  cf  the  borough  ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  officers  of  the  borough,  on  receiving  any  money  belong- 
ing to  the  corporation,  to  pay  the  same  to  the  treasurer 
forthwith  : Provided , That  no  person  elected  to  serve  as 
aforesaid  shall  be  liable  to  a fine  for  refusing  or  neglecting 
to  serve  more  than  once  in  four  years. 

Sec.  7.  The  burgess,  members  of  the  council,  and  high 
constable,  and  each  of  them,  before  entering  on  the  duties 
of  their  respective  offices,  shall  take  and  subscribe  an  oath 
or  affirmation  before  a justice  of  the  peace  of  the  said 
county,  to  support  the  constitution  of  the  United  States  and 
of  this  commonwealth,  and  to  perform  the  dmties  of  their 
respective  offices  with  fidelity  ; and  the  certificate  of  such 
oath  or  affirmation  shall  be  recorded  amongst  the  records 
of  the  corporation.  And  the  said  burgess  shall  have  the 
power  and  authority  to  administer  oaths  and  affirmation, 
when  the  same  may  be  necessary  in  the  investigation  of  any 
matter  within  the  cognizance  of  said  corporation. 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  burgess  and  town 
council,  six  of  whom  shall  be  a quorum,  to  hold  monthly 
meetings  on  the  third  Monday  of  every  month  in  each  and 
every  year,  and  oftener  if  occasion  requires,  at  which  meet- 
ings the  burgess  shall  preside,  and  in  case  of  an  equal  divi- 
sion give  the  casting  vote  ; and  the  said  burgess  and  council 
shall  have  power  at  such  meetings  to  ordain  and  enact,  re- 


20 


vise  and  repeal,  and  amend  such  ordinances,  by-laws,  rules 
and  regulations  as  shall  be  deemed  expedient  #to  promote 
the  peace,  good  order,  benefit  and  accommodation  of  the 
citizens  of  said  borough,  particularly  of  providing  for  the 
regulations  of  the  market,  improving,  repairing  and  keep- 
ing in  good  order  the  streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  highways, 
and  removing  nuisances  therefrom  ; to  designate  the  width 
of  sidewalks,  to  regulate  the  depth  of  vaults,  sinks,  drains  ; 
make  permanent  rules  for  the  foundation  of  buildings  and 
party  walls  ; regulate  the  fences,  side  posts  and  railings 
along  the  streets  ; to  impose  fines  and  penalties,  and  to  re- 
quire and  compel  the  owners  of  houses,  stores,  work-shops, 
stables,  buildings  and  lots,  to  pave  the  sidewalks  on  such 
streets  : Provided  however,  That  they  shall  not  have  power 
to  compel  the  paving  of  such  sidewalks  over  four  feet  in 
width  ; and  with  such  materials  as  shall  by  the  burgess  and 
town  council  be  deemed  necessary  and  expedient,  and  the 
same  to  keep  in  repair  ; and  to  prohibit  the  exhibition  of 
plays,  shows,  mountebanks,  jugglers,  and  all  and  every 
other  exhibition,  under  such  restrictions,  fines  and  penal- 
ties as  the  said  burgess  and  council  shall  direct , and  to  re- 
quire and  compel  the  inhabitants  of  the  borough  and  others 
occupying  property  therein,  to  clean  the  chimneys  and 
stove  pipes  in  the  buildings  used  and  occupied  by  them,  in 
such  manner  and  as  often  as  the  said  burgess  and  town 
council  shall  direct ; and  the  said  burgess  and  town  council 
shall  have  power  and  authority  to  organize  as  many  fire 
companies  of  the  citizens  of  said  borough  as  there  are  or 
shall  be  fire  engines  belonging  to  said  borough  ; and  the 
said  burgess  and  town  council  shall  have  power  and  author- 
ity to  assess  and  apportion,  raise  and  appropriate  such  taxes 
as  may  and  shall  by  them  be  deemed  necessary  for  carrying 
the  said  rules,  ordinances  and  regulations  from  time  to  time 
into  complete  effect ; they  shall  also  appoint  annually  one 
or  more  street  supervisors,  a town  clerk,  a treasurer,  and 
such  other  officers  as  may  be  deemed  necessary,  and  the 
same  officers  from  time  to  time  to  remove  ; and  all  by-laws, 


21 


ordinances,  rules  and  regulations  shall  be  signed  by  the  bur- 
gess and  attested  by  the  town  clerk,  and  entered  in  the 
records  of  the  corporation  : Provided , That  no  by-laws, 
rules  or  ordinances  of  the  corporation  shall  be  repugnant  to 
the  constitution  of  the  United  States,  or  of  this  common- 
wealth, and  that  no  person  shall  be  fined  or  punished  for  the 
breach  of  any  by-law  or  ordinance  made  as  aforesaid,  until 
ten  days  have  expired  after  the  promulgation  thereof  by  at 
least  five  advertisements,  set  up  in  five  public  places  in  said 
borough  : And  provided , That,  in  assessing  such  tax,  due 
regard  shall  be  had  to  the  valuation  of  taxable  property 
taken  for  the  purpose  of  raising  county  rates  and  levies,  so 
that  the  said  tax  shall  not  at  any  one  time  exceed  one-sixth 
of  a cent  on  the  dollar  iu  such  valuation  for  couuty  pur- 
poses : Provided,  also,  that  if  the  amount  of  such  assessment 
be  less  thau  three  hundred  dollars,  then  and  in  every  such 
case  the  burgess  and  council  shall  have  a right  to  increase 
the  amount  to  a sum  not  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars, 
excepting,  however,  that  in  all  cases  of  general  utility  the 
burgess  shall  have  a right  to  call  a public  meeting,  after  not 
less  than  five  days’  notice  shall  have  been  given  by  written 
or  printed  advertisements,  stating  the  object  of  the  call  of 
said  meeting,  put  up  in  not  less  than  five  of  the  most  public 
places  in  said  borough,  and  if  two-thirds  of  the  citizens 
present  at  said  meeting  shall  agree  to  raise  an  additional 
tax  for  such  purpose,  then  the  said  burgess  and  town  coun- 
cil shall  proceed  to  levy  and  assess  such  additional  tax,  and 
cause  the  same  to  be  collected  and  paid  over  to  the  borough 
treasurer  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as  is  provided  for  by 
this  act.  All  property,  officers,  professions  and  persons 
made  taxable  by  the  laws  of  this  commonwealth  for  county 
rates  and  levies,  shall  be  taxable  after  the  same  manner  by 
the  said  borough,  and  all  taxes,  rates  and  levies  rated  and 
levied  therein,  shall  be  recovered  in  the  same  manner  as 
the  county  rates  and  levies  in  the  county  of  Northampton 
are  by  law  recoverable. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  supervisor  or  super- 


22 


vigors  to  open  the  streets,  repair  the  same,  and  also  the 
lanes  and  alleys  in  said  borough,  and  to  erect  and  repairthe 
bridges  and  causeways  in  the  same,  under  the  direction  and 
supervision  of  the  said  burgess  and  town  council,  exceptin  g 
such  alleys  and  bridges  as  are  or  shall  be  considered  private 
property,  and  used  as  such. 

Sec.  10.  The  burgess  elected  as  atoresaid,  or  in  case  of 
his  absence,  inability  or  refusal  to  act,  the  first  named  in 
the  list  of  council  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 
issue  his  precept  as  often  as  occasion  may  require,  directed 
to  the  high  constable  (who  shall  be  appointed  annually  by 
the  council),  or  in  case  of  his  inability  to  act,  to  some  other 
fit  person,  commanding  him  to  collect  all  taxes  assessed  in 
pursuance  of  this  act,  and  the  same  to  pay  over  to  the 
treasurer  ; and  the  said  burgess  shall  carry  into  effect  what- 
soever is  enjoined  upon  him  by  the  aforesaid  rules  and  ordi- 
nances for  the  well  ordering  and  government  of  the  said 
borough  ; he  shall  have  power  to  remit  fines  and  forfeitures 
in  cases  when  it  shall  appear  that  the  person  or  persons  so 
fined  did  not  intentionally  offend,  or  on  their  having  some 
other  just  ani.  reasonable  excuse,  which  excuse  shall  be 
satisfactorily  proved  to  the  said  burgess  ; the  fees  for  col- 
lecting such  taxes  to  be  fixed  by  the  council. 

Sec.  11.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  town  clerk  to  attend 
all  sessions  of  the  burgess  and  town  council,  when  assembled 
on  business  of  the  corporation,  and  keep  and  procure  the 
common  seal  and  records  of  the  corporation,  and  be  answer- 
able  for  the  same,  and  also  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  all 
the  duties  that  may  be  enjoined  on  him  by  virtue  of  this  act 
and  the  acts  of  the  corporation  ; and  the  attestation  of  the 
said  town  clerk,  with  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  shall  in 
all  cases  be  good  evidence  of  the  act  or  thing  so  certified. 

Sec.  12.  The  treasurer  shall  give  sufficient  security  for 
the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  for  the 
safe  delivery  of  all  books,  papers  and  accounts  appertaining 
thereto,  and  all  money  renfaining  in  his  hands  into  the 
hands  of  his  successor,  upon  demand  made  for  that  pur 


23 


pose  ; and  the  high  constable  shall  give  sufficient  security 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  the 
payment  to  the  treasurer  of  all  moneys  he  shall  or  may  col- 
lect by  virtue  of  his  office  ; and  for  his  services  the  said  high 
constable  shall  be  allowed  such  fees  and  compensation  as  are 
by  law  allowed  to  township  constables  for  similar  services, 
to  be  paid  and  collected  in  such  manner  as  is  by  law  pro- 
vided in  case  of  the  township  constables  aforesaid  : Provided, 
That  this  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  said  bur- 
gess and  council  from  allowing  a reasonable  compensation 
for  his  services  to  be  paid  out  of  the  treasury  of  the  corpor- 
ation. 

Sec.  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  high  constable  to 
give  at  least  ten  days  previous  thereto,  notice  of  the  annual 
elections  of  said  borough  by  at  least  four  advertisements, 
set  up  at  four  of  the  most  public  places  therein,  and  he  shall 
attend  and  see  that  the  election  is  opened  at  the  time  and  in 
the  manner  directed  by  law.  The  burgess  and  town  coun- 
cil shall  from  time  to  time  affix  the  salaries  of  the  town 
clerk,  treasurer,  and  such  other  officers  as  may  be  appointed 
under  this  act,  which  compensation  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
borough  treasury  by  orders,  drawn  thereon  by  the  burgess, 
or  in  any  other  manner  as  the  burgess  and  council  shall 
direct. 

Sec.  14.  No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  treasury  ex- 
cept by  authority  of  the  council  on  orders  drawn  by  the 
burgess  and  attested  by  the  town  clerk.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  burgess  and  town  council  to  settle  the  accounts 
of  the  several  officers,  and  cause  a fair  statement  to  be  made 
every  year  in  the  month  of  February  ; a copy  of  which  shall 
be  left  with  the  burgess  for  public  inspection  by  the  citizens 
of  the  borough,  having  however  first  been  approved  by  the 
auditors. 

Sec.  15.  The  burgess,  treasurer  and  first  named  on  the 
list  of  council  shall  constitute  a court  of  appeal,  and  prior 
to  the  collection  of  any  borough  tax,  the  high  constable 
shall  inform  each  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  amount  of  his 


24 


tax,  and  of  the  time  and  place  of  appeal  : Provided  never- 
theless, That  the  said  court  of  appeal  shall  have  no  other 
power  as  such  thau  to  determine  the  justness  of  the  appor- 
tionment of  said  tax,  conformable  to  the  county  rates  and 
levies,  and  to  correct  any  mistake  in  that  respect. 

Sec.  16.  If  any  person  shall  think  him,  her,  or  them- 
selves aggrieved  by  anything  done  in  pursuance  of  this  act, 
except  what  relates  to  the  imposing  and  collecting  of  the 
borough  tax,  and  the  appointments  made  by  the  burgess  and 
town  council,  he,  she,  or  they  may  appeal  to  the  next  court 
of  common  pleas,  to  be  held  in  said  county,  upon  giving 
security  according  to  law,  to  prosecute  his,  her,  or  their  ap- 
peal with  effect  ; and  the  said  court  having  taken  such 
order  thereon,  as  to  them  shall  seem  just  and  reasonable, 
the  same  shall  be  conclusive. 

Sec.  17.  From  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  the  citi- 
zens of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem  shall  be  exempted  from 
paying  road  tax  to  the  township  of  Bethlehem  for  any  real 
estate  and  premises  situated  and  lying  in  said  borough. 

Sec.  18.  The  inhabitants  of  said  borough  shall  elect  one 
assessor  and  one  assistant  assessor  of  the  county  rates  for 
said  borough,  and  such  other  officers  as  may  be  by  law  re- 
quired at  such  time  under  like  regulations  and  for  the  same 
purposes,  as  are  or  shall  be  hereafter  directed  by  law  in  the 
several  townships  within  this  commonwealth  ; and  the  as 
sessor  and  assistant  assessor  so  elected  shall  have  use  and 
exercise  all  and  every  the  powers,  rights  and  privileges,  per- 
form all  and  every  the  same  duties  and  be  subject  to  the 
same  penalties,  within  the  said  borough  respectively,  which 
are  or  shall  b*  suffered  by  or  imposed  upon  like  officers 
of  the  several  townships  of  this  commonwealth. 

Sec.  19.  From  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  the  citi- 
zens and  property  in  the  borough  of  Bethlehem  shall  be  and 
remain  distinct  and  separate  from  the  township  of  Bethle- 
hem in  the  assessment  and  collection  of  all  State  and  county 
taxes,  rates  and  levies. 

c 


2o 


Sec.  20.  No  misnomer  or  failure  of  the  election  of  offi- 
cers on  the  day  appointed  shall  dissolve  or  discontinue  the 
said  corporation,  but  the  officers  respectfully  for  the  time  $ 
being  shall  continue  in  office  till  a new  election  shall  be 
made  as  is  hereinbefore  directed. 

Findley  Patterson, 

Sp«aker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

William  P.  Wilcox, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  on  the  sixth  day  of  March,  1845. 

FRANCIS  R.  SHUNK. 


26 


* 


FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  AND  CONDUCTING 

BUSINESS  IN  THE  TOWN  COUNCIL  OF  THE 

BOROUGH  OF  BETHLEHEM. 

RULE  I. 

< 

The  President  shall  preserve  decorum  and  order,  and  de- 
cide questions  of  order  without  debate,  subject  to  an  appeal 
to  the  Council  by  any  two  members.  Questions  shall  ho 
distinctly  put  in  this  form:  “As  many  as  are  of  opinion 
(as  the  question  nay  be)  say  aye,”  and,  after  the  affirma- 
tive voice  is  expressed,  “ As  many  as  are  of  a contrary 
opiniou,  say  no.”  In  the  absence  of  the  President,  the 
Council  may  appoint  a President  pro  tempore. 

RULE  II. 

When  the  President  takes  the  chair,  the  members  shall 
take  their  seats,  and,  a quorum  being  present,  the  Journal 
of  the  proceeding  meeting  shall  be  read,  to  the  end  that  any 
mistake  may  be  corrected  that  shall  have  been  made  in  the 
entry  ; the  names  of  the  members  attending  shall  be  (jfciterod 
on  the  Journal. 

RULE  III. 

When  a member  shall  be  called  to  order,  he  shall  sit 
down  until  the  President  shall  have  decided  whether  he  is 
in  order  or  not,  unless  permitted  to  explaiu.  Every  mem- 
ber when  speaking  shall  respectfully  address  himself  to 
the  President,  standing  in  his  place,  with  his  head  uncov- 
ered. and  when  he  has  finished,  sit  down. 

RULE  IV. 

The  President  himself,  or  by  request,  may  call  to  order 


any  member  who  shall  transgress  the  rules  ; if  a second 
time,  the  Council  may  examine  and  censure  the  member’s 
conduct  ; he  being  allowed  to  extenuate  or  justify 

RULE-  V. 

The  President  may  call  meetings  whenever  he  may  de#ai 
such  meetings  necessary,  or  on  application  to  him  by  any 
two  members  for  that  purpose,  he  shall  call  a meeting  ; and 
the  President  shall  cause  to  be  delivered  to  each  member, 
by  the  high  constable,  a written  or  printed  notice  of  all 
meetings  ot  the  conncil. 

RULE  VI. 

No  member  shall  entertain  private  discourse  whilst  tt»e 
President  is  putting  any  question  or  addressing  the  council, 
or  when  a member  is  speaking  ; nor  shall  he  interrupt  the 
business  of  the  Council  while  the  Journals  or  public  papers 
are  reading. 

RULE  VII. 

A member  shall  not  speak  more  than  twice  to  any  ques- 
tion \vithout  leave  of  the  council,  *<5r  more  than  once,  until 
every  member  choosing  to  sj$eak  shall  fcave  spoken. 

RULE  VIII. 

In  all  cases  the  member  first  rising  shall  speak  first  ; 
when  two  members  rise  at  the  same  time,  the  Presiuent 
shall  d^side  which  is  to  speak  first. 

RULE  IX. 

When  a motion  shall  be  made  and  seconded,  or  a resolu- 
tion offered,  it  shall  be  reduced  to  writing,  if  desired  by  tbe 
President  or  any  member,  and  to  be  delivered  in  at  the 
table  and  read  by  the  President  before  the  same  shall  be  de- 
bated. 

RULE  X. 

When  a question  is  under  debate,  no  motion  shall  be  r®-  ^ 
ceived,  unless  to  amend  it,  to  commit  it,  to  postpone  it,  or 
to  adjourn  ; a motion  to  Adjourn  shall  always  be  in  order, 
and  shall  be  decided  without  debate. 


28 


RULE  XI. 

No  new  motion  or  proposition  shall  be  admitted  under 
color  of  amendment  as  a substitute  for  the  motion  or  propo- 
sition under  debate. 

RULE  XII. 

If  any  question  in  debate  contain  several  points,  any 
member  may  demand  a division  of  the  question. 

RULE  XIII. 

No  member  shall  vote  on  any  question  in  the  event  of 
which  he  is  immediately  and  particularly  interested. 

RULE  XIV. 

When  the  yeas  and  nays  are  called  for  by  two  members, 
each  member  called  upon  shall,  unless  for  special  reason  he 
be  excused  by  the  boar^,  declare  openly  without  debate  his 
assent  or  dissent  to  the  question  ; in  taking  the  yeas  and 
nays,  the  nays  of  the  members  shall  be  called  alphabetically. 

RULE  XV. 

Every  ordinance  shall  receive  three  readings  previously 
to  its  being  passed,  and  the  President  shall  give  notice  at 
each,  whether  it  be  the  first,  second  or  third  ; after  the  first, 
reading  it  may  be  referred  to  a committee  for  the  purpose 
of  amendment. 

RULE  XVI. 

When  a blank  is  to  be  filled,  and  different  times  and  sums 
shall  be  proposed,  the  question  shall  be  taken  first  on  the 
most  distant  time  and  the  highest  sum. 

RULE  XVII. 

Every  ordinance  shall  be  considered  by  sections,  leaving 
the  preamble  to  be  last  considered. . The  body  of  the  draft  of 
such  ordinance  shall  not  be  defaced  or  interlined,  but  all 
amend nxdnt.s,  noting  the  page  and  line,  shall  be  duly  en- 
tered by  the  clerk  on  a separate  paper,  as  the  same  shall 
agree  to.  No  ordinance  shall  be  twice  read  on  the  same 
day,  unless  so  directed  by  a majority  of  two-thirds  of  the 
members  present. 


29 


RULE  XVIII. 

No  member  shall  leave  the  council  during  the  session 
without  permission  from  the  President. 

XIX. 

No  motion  for  reconsideration  shall  be  in  order  unless 
made  by  a member  who  was  in  majority  on  the  question. 

RULE  XX. 

Every  vote  of  the  council  shall  be  entered  upon  the 
Journal,  and  a brief  statement  of  the  contents  of  each  peti- 
tion, memorial  or  paper  presented  to  the  council,  be  also 
inserted  on  the  Journal  ; every  member  presenting  a paper 
to  the  chair  shall  state  its  general  purport. 

RULE  XXI. 

Th«  name  of  the  mover  and  seconder  of  any  proposition 
shall  be  inserted  on  the  Journal. 

RULE  XXII. 

All  committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  un- 
less otherwise  directed  by  the  council  ; all  reports  of  com- 
mittess  shall  be  made  in  writing. 

RULE  XXIII. 

Every  member  shall  serve  upon  any  committee  to  which 
he  is  appointed,  unless  excused  by  the  council. 

RULE  XXIV. 

In  all  cases  of  elections  for  officers  a majority  of  the 
members  of  council  present  shall  be  necessary  to  a ehoice. 

RULE  XXV. 

The  order  of  business  shall  be  as  follows,  after  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  last  meeting  have  been  read,  viz  : 

1st.  The  Presentation  of  Petitions,  Memorials  or  Re- 
monstrances. 

2d.  Reports  of  Committees. 

3d.  Resolutions. 

4th.  Ordinances  on  Third  Reading. 


30 


5th.  Ordinances  ®n  Second  Reading. 

6th.  Miscellaneous  Business. 

RULE  XXVI. 

Xone  of  the  foregoing  rules  shall  be  amended  or  re- 
scinded without  notice  being  given  of  the  motion  therefor 
at  a preceding  meeting  ; and  no  rule  shall  be  suspended  un- 
less with  the  consent  ©f  two-thirds  of  the  members  present. 

Adopted  by  the  Town  Cjuncil  of  the  Borough  of  Bethle- 
hem, March  27th,  1815. 

CHAS.  A.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


31 


Jals  of  Jisscmbtj) 

PERTAINING  TO  THE  BOROUGH  OF  BETHLEHEM. 


AN  ACT 

Regulating  Election  Districts. 

[Extract.] 

Section  29.  That  the  polls  of  the  borough  elections  for 
tht  borough  of  Bethlehem,  in  the  county  ot  Northampton, 
shall  hereafter  be  opened  between  the  hours  of  eight  and 
nine  o’clock  in  the  forenoon,  and  shall  be  kept  open  until 
the  hour  of  seven  o’clock  in  the  afternoon. 


A SUPPLEMENT 

To  an  act  entitled  “An  Act  to  incorporate  the  village  of 
Bethlehem  in  the  county  of  Northampton,  into  a borough.” 
Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Reprepreseatatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania 
in  General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the 
authority  of  the  same,  That  the  burgess  and  council  of  the 
borough  of  Bethlehem,  in  the  county  of  Northampton,  are 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  borrow,  on  the  faith 
and  credit  ot  said  borough,  any  sum  or  sums  not  exceeding, 
in  the  whole,  an  amount  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  for  the 
purpose  of  grading1  Mid  improving  the  streets,  roads,  lanes 
and  alleys  of  said  borough  ; and  they  are  further  author- 
ized and  empowered  to  appropriate  the  one-third  part  of 


32 


the  borough  tax  of  each  and  every  year,  (commencing  with 
the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  forty-seven,)  to 
the  repayment  of  the  principal  and  interest  of  said  loan, 
until  the  same  is  fully  paid. 

James  Cooper, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Ch.  Gibbons, 

Speaker  or  the  Senate. 

Approved — The  thirteenth  day  of  February,  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  forty-seven. 

FRS.  R.  SHUN&. 


A SUPPLEMENT 

To  an  act  incorporating  the  village  of  Bethlehem,  in  the 
county  of  Northampton,  into  a borough,  passed  sixth  day 
of  March,  Ann#  Domini  one  thousand  eight  huudred  and 
forty-tive. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the 
authority  of  the  same,  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of 
this  act,  the  limits  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  in  the 
county  of  Northampton,  state  of  Pennsylvania,  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  extended  so  as  to  include  the  territory  em- 
braced in  the  following  boundaries,  to  wit : Beginning  at  a 
stone  the  south-east  corner  ©f  said  borough,  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Lehigh  Coal  and  Navigation  Company’s  canal, 
it  being  a joint  corner  of  lands  of  the  said  Lehigh  Coal  and 
Navigation  Company  and  the  lands  of  the  congregation  of 
the  United  Brethren  in  the  borough  of  Bethlehem  and  its 
vicinity  ; thence  through  the  lands  of  P.  H.  Goepp,  the 
congregation  of  the  United  Brethren,  William  Lucken- 
bach,  now  or  late  of  Aaron  W.  Radley,  F.  Fenner,  north 
five  and  one-half  degrees,  east  two  hundred  and  seventy- 
eight  perches  ; thence  through  the  lands  #f  F.  Fenner,  John 

i> 


33 


Fritag,  John  J.  Levers  and  Daniel  Desh,  to  the  forks  of  the 
Easton  and  Nazareth  road  where  it  reaches  the  present  east 
line  of  the  borough,  north  eighty-four  and  one-half  degrees, 
west  a distance  of  one  hundred  and  four  and  one-fourth  per- 
ches. Also  that  this  territory  so  included  shall  constitute  a 
part  of  the  election  and  school  district  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  and  shall  be  subject  to  all  laws  relating  to  said 
borough. 

Richard  L.  Wright, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Wm.  M.  Piatt, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved — The  twenty-fourth  day  of  March,  Arno 
Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-six. 

JAMES  POLLOCK. 


A FURTHER  SUPPLEMENT 
To  an  act  entitled  “An  Act  authorizing  the  citizens  of 
Palmer  township,  Northampton  county,  to  issue  bonds 
and  disburse  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  thereof  as  Bounties 
to  Volunteers,”  approved  May  fourth,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-four. 

Section.  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the 
authority  of  the  sam**,  That  the  corporate  authorities  of  the 
boroughs  of  Nazareth,  Easton  and  South  Easton,  and 
Bethlehem,  in  the  c >unty  of  Northampton,  are  hereby 
authorized  to  exercise  all  the  pjwers  conferred  by  the  act, 
to  which  this  is  a supplement,  upon  the  special  commission- 
ers, therein  named,  for  the  township  of  Palmer  : Provided, 
That  all  bonds,  warrants  and  certificates  of  indebtedness 
that  have  been  issued  by  the  aforesaid  authorities  for  bounty 
purpose  since  the  first  day  of  January,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty  four,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  legal  and 
valid. 


34 


Sec.  2.  That  all  laws,  or  parts  of  laws,  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed,  in  their  application  to  the 
said  boroughs. 

Henry  C.  Johnson, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

John  P.  Penney, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved  - The  thirty-first  day  of  August,  Anno 
Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-four. 

A.  G.  CURTIN. 

% 


AN  ACT 

Authorizing  the  borough  council  of  the  borough  of  Bethle- 
hem, Pennsylvania,  to  purchase  the  water  works,  real 
estate  and  improvements  of  the  Bethlehem  Water  Com- 
pany ; also,  to  make  all  such  necessary  improvements  and 
extensions  required,  to  borrow  money,  and  appoint  water 
commissioners  to  carry  out  said  object. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the 
authority  of  the  same,  That  the  borough  council  of  the 
borough  of  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  shall  have  power  to 
elect,  by  ballot,  three  persons  as  water  commissioners,  one 
person  to  serve  for  the  term  of  one  v-ear,  one  person  to 
serve  for  the  term  of  two  years,  one  person  to  serve  for  the 
term  of  three  years  ; and  thereafter  they  shall  aunually 
elect  one  person  to  serve  for  the  term  of  three  years  : Pro - 
vided , That  a majority  of  the  commissioners  so  elected  shall 
be  members  of  council,  and  that  before  taking  their  seats 
as  commissioners  they  shall  enter  into  bonds  in  the  sum  of 
one  thousand  dollars  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their 
duties  during  their  term  of  office,  to  be  approved  by  the 
burgess  and  council  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem. 


35 


Sec.  2.  The  said  commissioners,  in  conjunction  with 
said  council,  shall  have  power  to  issue  coupon  bouds  to  the 
amount  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  with  the  privilege  of  ex- 
tending the  same  to  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  ; said 
bonds  to  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  centum  per  an- 
num ; said  iuterest  to  be  paid  semi-annually  ; bouds  to  be 
redeemable  in  ten  years,  the  council  having  the  privilege  of 
renewing  the  same  to  fifteen  years:  Provided,  That  no 

bonds  shall  be  issued  of  a less  denomination  thau  fifty  nor 
greater  than  five  hundred  dollars;  the  amount  received 
from  said  bonds  to  be  applied  to  the  purchase  of  the  Bethle- 
hem Water  Company’s  water  works,  and  for  the  extension 
thereof,  and  all  necessary  improvements  required,  and  the 
continuance  of  introduction  from  the  Bethlehem  spriug,  or 
any  other  point,  which  may  be  determined  upon  by  said 
council  and  commissioners;  that  the  said  commissioners 
and  council,  for  the  purpose  aforementioned,  be  and  are 
hereby  authorized  to  construct  a basin,  or  reservoir,  for 
water,  to  hold  a sufficient  supply  for  the  said  borough,  on 
ground  to  be  secured  for  said  purpose,  and  shall  proceed  to 
construct  the  same,  dig  trenches  and  lay  down  pipes,  when 
deemed  necessary,  along  the  streets  and  alleys  of  said  bor- 
ough, and  shall  have  liberty  at  all  times  to  renew  and  re- 
pair the  same,  shutting  up  and  amending  any  trenches 
which  may  he  made  as  soon  as  possible. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  citizens  shall  have  the  use  of  the  water 
for  domestic  and  other  purposes,  for  such  reasonable  com- 
pensation as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  agreed  upon  by  the 
said  council  and  commissioners,  having  regard  to  the  quan- 
tity of  water  which  applicants  are  likely  to  consume  : Pro- 
vided, That  the  owners  of  the  freehold,  on  and  upon  which 
said  water  is  taken  and  used,  shall,  in  all  cases,  be  the  par- 
ties with  whom  such  contract  for  the  use  of  the  water  shall 
be  made,  and  the  said  real  estate  be  bound  and  be  liable  for 
the  payment  of  the  same,  excepting  and  reserving  to  the 
council  and  water  commissioners  the  right  to  contract,  with 
the  lessees,  or  tenants,  if  they  see  proper  to  do  so. 


36 


Sec.  4.  That  the  said  council  and  water  commissioners, 
and  their  successors  in  office,  their  superintendents,  engi- 
neers and  laborers,  with  their  tools,  instruments , carts, 
wagons  and  other  carriages,  beasts  of  bin  then,  ordraft.  may 
enter  upon  any  lands,  streets,  alleys,  lanes  or  highways, 
whenever  such  entry  shall  be  necessary  for  the  purpose  of 
bringing  said  water  from  the  reservoir,  or  of  introducing 
said  water  to  any  point  for  any  purpose  within  and  about 
the  said  borough,  and  to  lay  pipes  for  the  conveyance  of 
water  through  the  said  land  from  time  to  time,  and  at.  all 
times  thereafter,  and,  if  necessasy,  for  the  purpose  of  taking 
up,  and  repairing,  and  laying  down  again,  said  pipes 
often  as  the  same  may  be  required,  aud  also  to  take  and 
convey  sand,  stone,  earth  and  other  materials  necessary  to 
the  construction  of  said  reservoir,  or  other  improvements 
required,  or  to  the  proper  laying  down  of  the  said  pipes. 

Sec.  5.  That  if  the  parties  cannot  agree  upon  the  com- 
pensation to  be  made  the  owner,  or  owners,  of  any  such 
lands,  enclosures,  public  or  private,  road,  highways,  it  shall 
aud  may  be  lawful  for  either  party  to  present  his,  or  their 
petition  to  the  court  of  quarter  sessions  of  the  county,  set- 
ting forth  the  facts,  and  praying  the  court,  to  appoint  proper 
persons  to  view  the  lands  and  premises,  and  value  the  same 
or  assess  the  damages  ; whereupon  the  court  shall  appoint 
three  suitable  and  disinterested  persons,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be,  after  being  first  sworn,  or  affirmed,  to  view  the  lands 
and  premises  and  injuries  complained  of,  and  make  report 
of  the  damages  done  or  value  of  the  said  lands  to  the  next 
court  of  quarter  sessions;  upon  which  report  judgment 
shall  he  entered  and  execution  issued  as  in  other  cases  of 
debt ; nevertheless,  should  either  party  feel  himself,  or 
themselves,  aggrieved,  they  shall  have  the  privilege  of  filing 
exceptions  to  said  report  at  any  time  during  the  first  week  of 
the  court,  and,  also,  a right  to  a writ  of  error  ; for  which 
services  the  viewers  shall  be  entitled  to  one  dollar  per  day. 
and  the  officers  of  the  court  the  same  fees  as  for  similar  ser- 
vU  .s  or  proceedings  in  other  case*,  to  be  paid  by  the  parties 
against  whom  the  report  shall  be  made. 


37 


Sec.  6.  That  the  couucil  and  water  commissioners  of 
the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  in  council  assembled,  shall  have 
full  power  and  authority  to  pass,  ordain  and  enact  all  laws 
and  ordinances  to  enable  them  to  convey  the  said  water  in 
sufficient  quantities  through  the  borough,  and  fix  hydrants, 
or  fire  plugs,  wheresover  they  may  deem  proper,  and  to  fix 
and  determine  the  uniform  rate  or  prices,  or  alter  them  at 
their  pleasure,  to  be  paid  by  the  citizens  for  the  use  of  the 
said  water,  and  generally  to  do  all  things  requisite  and 
necessary  for  carrying  into  full  and  perfect  effect  all  the 
objects  contemplated  by  this  act 

Sec.  7.  Thalfc  the  water  rents  accruing  shall  be  applied 
entirely  to  the  paymeut  of  the  interest,  principal  and  ex- 
penses of  the  debt  contracted  for  the  purchase  of  the  Beth- 
lehem Water  Company’s  water  works,  and  for  the  exten- 
sion and  all  necessary  improvements  required,  until  the 
whole  is  paid. 

Sec.  8.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  commission- 
ers to  carry  out,  execute,  or  have  executed,  the  ordinances, 
by-laws,  or  plans  adopted  by  the  council  and  themselves. 

Sec.  9.  That  the  said  council  and  water  commissioners 
shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  assess  a tax  upon  all 
real  estate,  or  iu  front  of  which  their  mains  are  laid,  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  said  borough,  for  the  purpose  of  de- 
fraying the  expenses  of  carrying  on  said  water  works, 
when  purchased,  as  a protection  tax,  and  for  the  benefit  and 
advantage  to  be  derived  from  the  introduction  of  the  said 
water,  due  discrimination  being  had  between  such  real  es- 
tate as  may  be  improved,  and  such  as  is  not  improved,  or  in 
front  of  which  their  main  is  laid  : Provided , The  water  rents 
are  not  sufficient  to  meet  such  expenses. 

James  R.  Kelley, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

David  Fleming, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved— The  thirtieth  day  of  March,  Anno  Domini 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty  six. 

A.  G.  CURTIN. 


38 


AN  ACT 

To  authorize  an  increase  of  taxes  for  borough  purposes  in 
the  borouph  of  Bethlehem,  Northampton  county. 
Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Amenably  met,  and  it  is  hereby  e nccted  by  the 
authority  of  the  same,  That  the  burgess  and  town  council 
of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  in  the  county  of  Northamp- 
ton, are  hereby  authorized  to  assess,  levy  and  collect  fpr 
borough  purposes  any  sum  that  may  be  required,  not  to  ex- 
ceed ten  mills  per  centum  upon  the  assessed  valuation  in 
any  ore  year. 

Elisha  W.  Davis, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  L.  Graham, 
Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved— The  twenty-sixth  day  of  February,  Anno 
Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-eight. 

JNO.  W.  GEARY. 


A SUPPEMENT 

To  an  act  to  incorporate  the  village  of  Bethlehem,  in  the 
county  of  Northampton,  into  a borough. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the 
authority  of  the  same,  That  the  territory  now  included 
within  the  limits  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  as  defined 
by  the  acts  of  March  sixth,  Anno  Domini  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  forty-five,  and  March  twenty-fourth, 
Anno  Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-six,  and 
by  virtue  of  the  act  of  assembly,  approved  April  third, 
Anno  Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-one, 
entitled  “ An  Act  regulating  boroughs, ” be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  divided  into  three  wards,  as  follows: 


39 


First.  To  make  the  midnle  of  Market  street  and  Goun- 
die’s  alley  the  dividing  line  ; and  all  that  part  lying  south 
of  the  middle  of  said  Market  street  and  Goundie’s  alley, 
and  extending  in  a westwardly  course  to  the  Monokasy 
creek,  to  be  called  the  First  ward. 

Second.  To  make  the  middle  of  North  street  the  divid- 
ing line  ; and  all  that  part  lying  north  of  the  middle  of 
Market  street  and  Goundie’s  alley,  and  south  of  the  middle 
of  North  street,  and  extending  iu  a due  west  course  to  the 
Mouokasy  creek,  to  be  called  Second  ward. 

Third.  All  that  part  lying  north  of  the  middle  of  North 
street  and  the  extension  to  Monokasy  creek,  to  be  called 
Third  ward. 

Sec.  2.  Each  of  the  said  wards  shall  constitute  and 
form  a separate  election  district,  and  the  electors  therein 
shall  vote  for  and  elect  for  each  ward  one  justice  of  the 
peace,  one  constable,  one  assessor,  two  ^ssistaut  assessors, 
one  judge  and  two  Inspectors  of  elections,  to  serve  for  the 
time  specified  by  law,  and  shall  also,  with  the  electors  of 
the  other  Wards,  elect  one  burgess  to  serve  one  year  and  one 
auditor  to  serve  for  three  years  ; and  nothing  in  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  present  incumb- 
ents of  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  in  said  First  and 
Second  wards  to  hold  over  until  the  term  for  which  they 
were  elected  shall  terminate. 

Sec.  3.  At  the  next  borough  election,  and  every  year 
thereafter,  the  electors  of  each  ward  ghall  elect  one  mem- 
ber of  council  for  three  years,  and  also  one  school  director 
for  three  years  ; and  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  prevent  the  members  of  the  present  council  and 
school  board  to  hold  over  until  the  term  for  which  they 
were  elected  shall  terminate. 

Sec.  4.  The  annual  borough  election  shall  be  held  at 
the  places  hereinafter  mentioned,  on  the  third  Friday  in 
March,  in  each  and  every  year  ; and  the  first  election  held 
under  this  act  shall  be  held  on  the  twentieth  day  of  March, 
Anno  Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-eight  ; 


40 


which  said  election  shall  be  held  in  the  First  ward  by  David 
Ran,  who  shall  ^pt  as  judge,  and  Benjamin  Van  Kirk  and 
Ambrose  J.  Erwin,  who  shall  act  as  inspectors  of  election 
in  said  ward  ; and  in  the  Second  ward  by  C.  E.  Peysert,  as 
judge,  and  by  Bernhard  E.  Lehman  and  Jonas  Snyder,  who 
shall  act  as  inspectors  of  election  in  said  ward  ; and  in 
the  Third  ward  by  Benjamin  G.  Unganst,  as  judge,  and  by 
Hens?y  Milchsack  and  George  Desh,  who  shall  act  as  in- 
spectors of  election  in  said  ward  ; and  thereafter  annually 
by  the  judges  and  inspectors  in  said  wards,  elected  under 
and  by  virtue  of  this  act,  whose  returns  of  the  election  of 
borough  officers  shall  be  made  in  the  manner  specified  in 
the  second  section  of  the  act  of  incorporation,  approved 
March  sixth,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  forty-five. 

Sec.  5.  The  ward  elections  and  other  elections  within 
said  borough  shall  be  held  at  the  following  places,  to  wit  : 
In  the  First  ward  a't  the  Eagle  hotel,  now  occupied  by  Caleb 
Yohe  ; in  the  Second  ward  at  the  American  hotel,  now  oc- 
cupied by  George  B.  Schweitzer  ; and  in  the  Third  ward  at 
the  public  school  house  at  the  corner  of  Garrison  street  and 
Long  alley  in  said  borough  ; the  polls  in  each  ward  shall 
be  opened  at  8 o’clock  A.  M.,  and  shall  close  at  seven 
o’clock  P.  M. 

Sec.  6.  All  acts  of  assemoly  heretofore  passed  in  re- 
gard to  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  which  are  inconsistent 
with  this  act,  or  any  part  thereof,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Elisha  W.  Davis, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  L.  Graham, 
Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved— The  tenth  day  of  March,  Anno  Domini  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-eight. 

JSO.  W.  GEARY. 

£ 


41 


AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  burgess  and  council  of  the  boroughs  of 
Bethlehem  aud  South  Bethlehem,  in  the  county  of  North- 
ampton, to  borrow  money. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  aud  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the 
authority  of  the  same,  That  the  burgess  and  town  council 
of  the  boroughs  of  Bethlehem  and  South  Bethlehem,  in  the 
county  of  Northampton,  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  borrow  money  for  borough  purposes, 
each  borough  not  exceeding  fifteen  thousand  dollars  in  any 
one  year,  aud  issue  therefor,  on  the  credit  of  the  borough,  a 
bond  or  bonds  bearing  interest  at  a rate  not  exceeding  eight 
per  centum  per  annum  ; and  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  now 
in  force  in  said  borough  inconsistent  herewith  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed. 

John  Clark, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
Wilmer  Worthington, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved — The  third  day  of  May,  Anno  Domini  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-nine. 

JNO.  W.  GEARY. 


A SUPPLEMENT 

To  an  act  authorizing  the  borough  council  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  to  purchase  the  water 
works,  real  estate  and  improvements  of  the  Bethlehem 
Water  Company;  also  to  make  all  such  necessary  im- 
provements and  extensions  required,  to  borrow  money 
and  appoint  commissioners  to  carry  out  said  object,  ap- 
proved the  thirteenth  day  of  March,  Anno  Domini  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-six,  to  authorize  the 
election  of  water  commissioners,  to  borrow  money  and 
collect  the  water  rents. 


42 


Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the 
authority  of  the  same.  That  the  borough  council  of  the 
borough  of  Bethlehem  shall  elect  three  water  commissioners, 
citizens  of  said  borough,  whether  members  of  council  or 
not,  as  provided  by  the  act  approved  the  thirtieth  day  of 
March,  Anno  Domini  one  thousand  eight  huudred  and 
sixty-six,  to  which  this  i3  a supplement. 

Sec.  2.  That  said  council  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem 
are  authorized  to  borrow  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  or  purchasing  water 
works  for  said  borough,  and  issue  bonds  therefor,  in  sums 
not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of 
seven  per  cent,  per  annum,  with  or  without  coupons  at- 
tached, payable  semi-annually. 

Sec.  3.  That  ail  taxes  and  water  rents  assessed  and 
levied  upon  real  estate,  in  pursuance  of  the  several  acts, 
laws  and  ordinances  of  said  borough,  shall  be  a lien  upon 
such  real  estate  from  the  time  of  such  assessment  and  levy. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  annual  assessment  of  water  rents  shall 
be  completed  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  J une  in  each  and 
every  year  ; and  upon  the  duplicates  of  borough  taxes  and 
water  rents  having  been  made,  as  directed  by  the  council  of 
said  borough,  the  same  shall  be  placed  in  the  possession  of 
the  borough  treasurer,  who  shall  receive  and  collect  the  said 
taxes  and  water  rents  forthwith  ; and  after  the  first  day  of 
October,  in  each  and  every  year,  the  additional  sum  of  five 
per  centum  shall  be  added  to  all  the  taxes  then  remaining 
unpaid  in  the  duplicate  ; after  which  time  the  duplicates, 
together  with  the  addition  heretofore  provided,  shall  be 
placed  in  the  hands  of  one  or  more  collectors,  to  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  said  council,  who  shall  proceed  to  collect  the 
same,  until  the  first  day  of  January  following,  as  taxes  are 
now  collected  by  law. 


43 


Sec.  5.  That  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  inconsistent  here- 
with be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

James  H.  Webb, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

William  A.  Wallace, 

Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved— The  nineteenth  day  of  May,  Anno  Domini 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-one. 

JNO.  W.  GEARY. 


A SUPPLEMENT 

To  an  act  authorizing  the  borough  council  of  Bethlehem, 
Pennsylvania,  to  purchase  the  water  works,  real  estate 
and  improvements  of  the  Bethlehem  Water  Company, 
approved  thirtieth  of  March,  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  sixty  six. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the 
authority  of  the  same,  That  at  each  annual  eiection  for 
borough  officers  in  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  the  voters  of 
each  ward  shall  elect  one  person,  a resident  and  tax-payer 
of  that  ward,  to  serve  as  water  commissioner  for  one  year  ; 
and  which  commissioners  so  elected,  in  conjunction  with 
the  members  of  council,  shall  constitute  the  water  board, 
and  perform  the  duties  of  their  office  as  provided  by  the  act 
approved  thirtieth  of  March,  Anno  Domini  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  sixty-six,  number  one  thousand  and 
thirty-five. 

Sec.  2.  That  after  the  election  of  water  commissioners, 
in  the  spring  election  of  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
seventy-two,  the  term  of  office  of  the  present  water  com- 
missioners shall  terminate,  and  their  powers  and  functions 
as  water  commissioners  shail  cease  from  that  time. 


44 


Sec.  3.  That  no  person  shall  hold  the  office  of  water 
commissioner,  and  member  of  town  council,  at  one  and  the 
same  time. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  members  of  town  council,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  water  commissioners  so  elected,  within  ten 
days  after  the  spring  election  in  each  and  every  year,  shall 
elect  one  superintendent  ; said  superintendent  not  to  be  one 
of  their  own  number,  who  shall  have  the  general  superin- 
tendence of  the  water  works,  subject  to  the  direction  of  the 
water  board,  who  shall  receive  a proper  compensation  for 
his  services,  to  be  determined  hy  the  water  board  ; but  no 
compensation  shall  be  paid,  neither  direct  or  indirect,  to 
any  member  of  the  water  board. 

Sec.  5.  That  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  inconsistent  here- 
with be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

William  Elliott, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

James  S.  Eutajt, 
Speaker  of  the  Senate. 

Approved — The  twentieth  day  of  February,  Anno 
Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-two, 

JNO.  W.  GEARY. 


A SUPPLEMENT 

To  an  act  authorizing  the  borough  council  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  to  purchase  the  water  works, 
real  estate  and  improvements  of  the  Bethlehem  W ater 
Company,  and  so  fourth,  approved  the  thirteenth  day  of 
March,  Anno  Domini  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-six. 

Section  1.  Beit  enacted,  &c.,  That  at  each  annual  elec- 
tion for  borough  officers,  in  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  in 
the  county  of  Northampton,  the  voters  of  each  ward  shall 
elect  one  person,  a resident  property  holder  and  tax-payer 
of  that  ward,  to  serve  as  water  commissioners  for  one  year  ; 


45 


and  said  commissioners  so  elected,  in  conjunction  with  the 
burgess  and  members  of  town  council,  shall  constitute  the 
water  board,  and  perform  the  duties  of  their  office  as  pro- 
vide 1 by  the  act,  approved  thirteenth  day  of  March,  Anno 
Domini  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-six. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  water  board  shall  have  full  power  and 
authority  to  assess  a protection  tax  upon  all  improved  real 
estate,  within  a distance  of  five  hundred  feet  of  any  fire 
plug,  for  the  purpose  of  defraying  the  expenses  of  carrying 
on  said  water  w~orks  ; the  tax  to  be  collected  in  the  same 
manner  that  borough  tax  is  now  collected. 

Sec.  3.  In  case  it  should  become  necessary  to  enlarge 
the  said  works,  the  plans  and  estimates  of  cost  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  property  holders,  at  a public  meeting  convened 
for  that  purpose,  at  least  ten  days’  notice  thereof  being 
given  ; the  majority  to  approve  or  reject  said  plans  and 
estimate. 

Sec.  4.  That  in  all  acts  and  supplements  heretofore 
passed  iu  regard  to  the  water  works,  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  whenever  the  phrase  “ water  commissioners 
and  council  ” occurs,  the  said  phrase  be  so  amended  in 
every  instance,  as  to  read  “ the  burgess,  members  of  coum 
cil  and  water  commissioners  shall  constitute  the  water 
board.” 

Sec.  5.  That  the  said  water  board  are  hereby  author- 
ized, for  the  purpose  of  procuring  for  and  introducing  into 
the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  a sufficient  supply  of  fresh  and 
pure  water  for  the  inhabitants  thereof,  the  said  water  board 
shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  lease  or  purchase, 
take,  enter  upon,  occupy  and  bold  ahy  lands  and  tene- 
ments, fountains,  springs,  stream  or  streams  of  water, 
necessary  for  procuring,  conducting  and  conveying  fresh 
and  pure  water  to  the  said  borough,  making  compensations 
to  the  owners  thereof,  in  manner  p ovided  for  in  act  of  as- 
sembly, number  ten  hundred  and  thirty-five,  section  five, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-six. 


46 


Sec.  6.  That  the  burgess  and  town  council  shall  publish 
a particular  and  detailed  statement  of  the  cost  of  said  water 
works,  itemizing  the  cost  of  each  part  of  the  same,  and 
shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  February,  publish  a state- 
ment of  the  receipts  into  and  payments  from  the  water 
funds,  including  income  from  the  works  and  receipts  from 
taxes,  and  showing  particularly  the  amount  of  debt  owing 
on  account  of  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  said 
works,  and  time  when  the  same  is  payable. 

Sec.  7.  That  all  the  money  realized  from  the  sale  of 
bonds,  issued  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  former  acls, 
together  with  all  the  water  rents  and  income  of  said  water 
works,  shall  be  designated  the  water  fund,  and  shall  be  ex- 
pended in  the  construction,  repair  and  maintenance  of  said 
works,  the  payment  of  the  interest  on  said  bonds  and  the 
redemption  of  said  bonds,  and  for  no  other  purpose  ; that 
all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  inconsistent  herewith  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved- The  27th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1873. 

J.  F.  HARTRANFT. 


47 


©rdtnanrea 

OP  THE  BOROUGH  OF  BETHLEHEM. 


[No.  l.J 

AN  ORDINANCE 
Concerning  the  Treasurer. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  in  Town  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  That  the  treasurer,  before  he  enters  on  the 
duties  of  his  office,  shall  give  security  to  the  burgess  and 
town  council  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  and  their  suces- 
sors  in  office,  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the 
office,  and  for  the  safe  delivery  of  all  moneys,  books  and 
accounts  appertaining  thereto  into  the  hands  of  his  succes- 
sor upon  demand  made  for  that  purpose  ; the  security  afore- 
said shall  be  by  bond  with  one  or  more  sufficient  security, 
to  be  judged  of  by  the  council,  in  the  sum  of  $ 

Sec.  2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  to  re- 
ceive and  safely  keep  all  such  moneys  as  shall  from  time  to 
time  come  to  his  hands  belonging  to  said  borough  ; to  sue 
for  aud  recover  and  receive  all  such  deficiencies  of  taxes, 
all  such  fines  and  forfeitures  and  balance  of  accounts,  set- 
tled or  unsettled  accounts,  as  shall  from  time  to  time  appear 
to  be  due  to  the  said  borough  and  not  otherwise  recoverable  ; 
and  to  pay  out  such  moneys  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  in 
his  hands  as  treasurer,  on  orders  diawn  on  him  for  that 
purpose  by  the  burgess,  and  attested  by  the  town  clerk. 


48 


Sec.  3.  That  his  books  and  accounts  as  treasurer  shall  at 
all  times,  and  at  reasonable  hours,  be  open  and  free  of  ac- 
cess to  the  burgess,  town  council,  town  clerk  and  high  con- 
stable’, and  such  officers  of  the  borough  as  may  have  oc- 
casion to  examine  the  same,  and  he  shall  once  a year  make 
out  a statement  and  render  his  account  to  the  council  for 
settlement,  which  beiug  adjusted  and  settled  accordingly, 
shall  be  forthwith  published  by  said  council,  showing  par- 
ticularly the  amount  of  taxes  laid  and  collected,  and  of  the 
expenditures. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  April  12,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  2.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 
Concerning  the  Town  Clerk. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem,  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  That  the  town  clerk  be  chosen  according 
to  the  directions  of  the  act  of  incorporation,  shall,  before  he 
enters  on  the  duties  of  his  office,  take  the  following  oath  or 
affirmation  before  the  burgess,  to  wit : 

“I,  — , do  soiemly,  sincerely  and  truly  swear 

(or  affirm)  that  I will  well  and  truly  execute  the  office  of 
town  clerk  for  the  borough  of  Bethlehem  for  the  year  en- 
suing, and  do  and  perform  the  several  duties  required  of 
me  by  law  and  the  ordinances,  according  to  the  best  of  my 
skill  and  understanding,”  which  oath  shall  be  filed  among 
the  records  of  the  corporation. 

Sec.  2.  That  he  shall  carefully  keep  and  preserve  all 

F 


49 


such  acts  ami  ordinances  of  the  council  as  shall  from  time 
time  be  passed,  and  shall  record  the  same,  together  with 
all  such  public  resolutions  and  orders  as  shall  be  entered 
into  by  them,  in  a book  or  books  to  be  provided  for  that  pur- 
pose at  the  expense  of  the  borough,  and  shall  certify  copies 
of  the  same  when  thereunto  required. 

Sec.  3.  That  he  shall  keep  all  the  accounts  of  the  said 
borough  in  books  to  be  provided  for  that  purpose  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  borough,  in  which  books  he  shall  open  accounts 
with  the  treasurer,  the  collectors,  and  such  other  persons  as 
may  from  time  to  time  be  entrusted  with  moneys  belonging 
to  the  borough,  for  which  they  are  to  be  accountable. 

Sec.  4.  That  every  person  paying  money  into  the  treas- 
ury of  the  borough  on  any  account  whatever,  shall  there- 
upon immediately  carry  his  receipt  to  the  town  clerk,  who 
shall  charge  the  treasurer  with  thw  amount  thereof  in  his 
account,  and  if  such  a person  shall  have  au  account  open  in 
the  books  shall  credit  him  therewith,  and  shall  endorse  on 
such  receipt  the  time  when  it  was  presented,  and  the  book 
and  page  in  which  it  is  charged  to  the  treasurer,  aud  shall 
sign  his  name  to  such  endorsement,  and  no  receipt  for 
moneys  paid  into  the  treasury  shall  be  good,  or  avail  the 
party  paying  the  same,  unless  such  endorsement  shall  ap- 
pear thereon. 

Sec.  5.  That  every  person  having  demands  on  the  treas- 
ury of  the  borough  on  any  account  whatsoever,  shall  present 
such  demands  to  the  clerk,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  lay  the 
said  accounts  before  couucil  at  its  next  meeting,  who  shall 
examine  the  same,  and  if  round  to  be  true  and  .just,  shall 
have  au  order  drawn  on  the  treasurer  for  the  payment  of 
the  same,  signed  by  the  ? urgess  and  attested  by  the  clerk  ; 
he  shall  then  deposit  said  demand  amongst  the  files  of  his 
office,  and  shall  credit  the  treasurer  with  the  amount  of  all 
such  drafts  in  his  account. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  assessor,  or  person  laying  the  tax,  after 
making  out  their  duplicates,  and  before  they  deliver  them 
to  the  collector,  shall  carry  them  to  the  town  clerk,  who 


50 


shall  charge  the  amount  thereof  to  the  collector  who  is  to 
receive  the  same,  iu  an  account  to  be  opened  with  him  in 
the  books  aforesaid,  and  all  such  sum  or  sums  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  remitted  by  council,  in  whole  or  part  of  any 
taxes  contained  in  such  duplicates,  shall  thereupon  be 
credited  to  said  collector  in  his  account  aforesaid. 

Sec  7.  That  the  town  clerk  be  allowed  at  the  rate  of 
$ per  annum  for  his  services. 

Sec.  8,  That  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  said  town 
clerk  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  burgess,  town 
council,  treasurer,  or  any  of  them,  at  all  reasonable  hours, 
and  shall  be  delivered  over  by  him  to  his  successor  in  office  ; 
and  if  the  town  clerk  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  perform  any 
duty  required  of  him  by  any  ordinance  of  the  council,  or 
act  of  incorporation,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of 
$10,  to  be  sued  for  and  recovered  before  the  burgess  by  ac- 
tion of  debt,  for  the  use  of  the  borough,  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  9.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  town  clerk  to 
render  his  account  to  the  council  once  a year  for  settlement, 
according  to  the  14th  section  of  the  act  of  incorporation  of 
the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  as  passed  the  6th  day  of  March, 
A.  D.  1845. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance,  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  April  12,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  3 ] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

Concerning  the  Duties  of  the  High  Constable. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  The  high  constable  shall  execute  all  process 


51 


and  warrants  to  him  directed  and  delivered  ; and  all  moneys 
received  by  him,  the  said  high  constable,  to  and  for  the  use 
of  the  borough,  shall  be  paid  forward  in  ten  days  thereafter 
to  the  treasurer  of  the  borough,  and  the  said  high  coustable 
shall  at  least  once  a month,  in  warm  weather,  walk  through 
the  different  parts  of  the  borough,  in  order  that  the  ordi- 
nances for  preventing  swine  and  other  beasts  from  running 
at  large  may  be  carried  into  effect  by  giving  the  notice  r - 
quired  in  the  different  ordinances  to  the  street  supervisors 
and  others,  and  also  to  give  notice  of  all  nuisances,  obstruc- 
tions aed  impediments  in  the  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  gutters, 
or  on  the  pavements,  that  they  may  be  removed,  and  the 
person  or  persons,  the  authors  thereof,  may  be  prosecuted  ; 
and  he  shall  give  information  to  the  burgess  of  all  offenses 
committed  against  the  ordinances  of  the  borough,  the  names 
of  the  offenders  and  the  witnesses,  in  order  that  the  offend- 
ers may  be  prosecuted  and  o >edience  euforced  to  the  regu- 
lations for  the  good  order  and  government  of  the  borough. 
He  shall  also  collect  the  borough  tax,  as  prescribed  in  the 
charter  ; and  generally  do  and  perform  all  such  things  as 
the  council  by  ordinances  or  resolutions  may  order  or  direct. 

Sec.  2.  The  high  constable  shall  be  entitled  to  have  and 
receive  on  all  such  warrants  and  process  served  by  him  the 
same  fees  as  any  other  constable  is  allowed  for  like  services. 
He  shall  also  receive  for  collecting  the  borough  taxes 

per  cent,  on  all  moneys  so  collected  by  him,  and  hy 

him  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  borough.  And  for  the 
performance  of  all  the  other  duties  herein  required  of  him, 
he  shall  have  and  receive  such  reasonable  compensation  as 
the  council  may  direct,  by  an  order  drawn  on  the  treasurer 
by  the  burgess  and  countersigned  by  the  clerk. 

Sec.  3.  If  the  high  constable  shall  neglect  any  of  the 
duties  required  of  him  in  this  or  any  other  ordinance,  he 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each  offense  the  sum  of  S3,  to  be 
recovered  by  action  of  debt  before  the  burgess  for  the  use  of 
the  borough,  with  costs. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  high  constable  to  pre- 


52 


serve  order  in  the  borough  on  Sunday,  to  prevent  all 
persons  from  breaking  the  Sabbath  ; and  if  he  finds  any 
person  or  persons  so  doing,  he  shall  lodge  a complaint  with 
one  of  the  magistrates  of  the  borough,  that  such  person  or 
persons  may  be  proceeded  against,  according  to  the  act  of 
assembly  against  vice  and  immorality. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance,  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  Augusts,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 

v 


[No.  4.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 
Concerning  Fire  Ladders,  Hooks,  &c. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  The  street  supervisors  and  street  committee 
of  the  borough  shall  at  all  times,  at  the  expense  of  the  bor- 
ough, keep  on  hand  for  the  use  of  the  borough  three  good, 
substantial  fire  ladders,  with  the  necessary  fire  hooks,  which 
said  fire  ladders  and  fire  hooks  shall  always  be  kept  by  the 
supervisors  in  a suitable  place,  to  keep  them  from  rotting. 

Sec.  2.  That  if  any  citizen  resident  within  the  bounds 
of  said  borough  of  Bethlehem  shall  apply  to  any  of  the 
street  supervisors  for  the  loan  of  a fire  ladder  or  fire  hook 
belonging  to  the  corporation,  such  citizen  shall  be  allowed 
by  said  supervisors  to  take  such  ladder  or  hook  and  use 
them  in  any  part  of  said  borough  without  any  compensa- 
tion for  any  time  between  sunrise  and  sunset,  at  which  time 
the  said  article  must  be  returned  uninjured  to  its  proper 
place  ; but  no  person  shall  have  the  privilege  for  any  longer 
time  than  two  successive  days. 

Sec.  3.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  take  away  any  of 


53 


the  said  fire  ladders  or  fire  hooks  without  first  asking  leave 
of  one  of  the  street  supervisors,  or  having  obtained  permis- 
sion, shall  not  return  them  by  sunset,  every  person  so 
offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  $2,  for  each  and 
every  such  offense,  to  be  recovered  by  an  action  of  debt 
before  the  burgess  for  the  use  of  the  borough,  with  costs  of 
suit. 

Sec.  4.  Every  person  or  person?  taking  away  any  fire 
ladder  or  fire  hooks,  or  any  other  article,  the  property  of 
said  corporation,  shall  be  held  accountable  for  any  injury  or 
damage  which  the  same  may  have  sustained  until  it  is  re- 
turned to  its  proper  place,  and  if  the  street  supervisors,  or 
either  of  them,  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  inform  the  burgess 
of  any  person  so  offending  against  this  ordinance,  if  he  has 
knowledge  of  the  fact,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every 
such  offense  the  sum  of  $2,  to  be  recovered  before  the  bur- 
gess by  an  action  of  debt  for  the  use  of  the  borough,  with 
costs  of  suit. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance,  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  August  4,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  5.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

Directing  the  manner  of  conducting  the  actions  before  the 
Burgess  on  this  and  the  several  ordinances. 

Section  1.  When  any  complaint  is  made  to  the  burgess 
by  the  high  constable,  street  supervisors,  or  any  other 
officer  of  this  borough,  touching  any  offense  against  any  of 
the  ordinances  of  this  borough,  and  upon  hearing  thereof 
before  the  burgess  the  defendant  shall  be  adjudged  not 
guilty,  the  borough  shall  pay  the  costs,  unless  the  com- 
plaint shall  appear  to  have  been  made  out  of  levity  or 


54 


mal5ce,  and  then  the  officer  shall  pay  the  costs;  but  i ' all 
cases  of  conviction  the  defendant  shall  pay  all  costs  in  addi- 
tion to  such  penalties  as  are  fixed  by  the  ordinance  upon 
which  he  is  sued. 

Sec.  2.  When  the  complaint,  is  made  by  any  other  per- 
son than  an  officer,  and  the  defendant  is  acquitted,  on  such 
hearing  the  complainant  shall  pay  all  costs  ; and  to  obviate 
all  difficulties  in  such  ease  the  burgess  shall  not  proceed  in 
a case  where  a private  person  is  the  informant,  unless  such 
person  sign  a written  information  in  form  as  follows,  to  wit 

Northampton  Co.,  Pa.,  Borough  of  Bethlehem,  ss. 

The  information  of  J.  B.,  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem, 
in  the  county  of  Northampton,  Pa.,  made  this  day  of 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  at  the  borough  of  Bethlehem  aforesaid,  before 

C.  A.  L.,  burgess  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  who  says 
that  on  the  day  of  A.  D.  18  he  saw  D. 

C.,  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  drive  a loaded  wagon 
over  the  pavement  of  this  borough  at  or  near  the  house  of 

J.  B. 

Taken  and  subscribed  before  me  on  the  day  of 
A.  D.  18  C.  A.  L. , Burgess. 

This  information  or  form  shall  vary  according  to  the  facts 
in  each  case,  and  shall  in  all  cases  be  sufficient  evidence  to 
compel  the  informant  to  pay  the  costs,  where,  upon  hearing, 
the  person  accused  shall  be  acquitted.  And  upon  the  hear- 
ing and  acquittal  of  the  accused,  the  burgess  shall,  without 
any  other  proceedings,  adjudge  the  complainant  to  pay  the 
costs. 

Sec.  3.  All  suits  brought  on  the  information  of  the 
officers  of  this  borough,  or  upon  information  of  individuals 
as  above,  shall  be  by  summons  issued  in  the  following  form, 
always  varying  according  to  the  facts  in  each  case,  to  wit  : 

The  Burgess  and  Town  Council  of  the  Borough  of 

Bethlehem,  ss.  To.  C.  W.  R.,  High  Constable  of  said 

Borough,  greeting  : 

Whereas  information  has  this  day  been  made  before  C. 
A.  L.,  burgess  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  by  J.  B..  of 


55 


said  borough,  that  D.  C.,  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem 
aforesaid,  drove  a loaded  wagon  over  the  pavement  of  this 
borough,  at  the  house  of  J.  H.,  contrary  to  the  o dinance  of 
said  borough,  in  such  case  made  and  provided.  These  are 
therefore  to  command  you  that  you  summon  the  said  D.  C., 
so  that  he  appear  before  said  burgess,  at  his  office  in 
street,  in  said  borough,  on  the  day  of  at 

o’clock  to  answer  the  premises,  and  to  be  further 

dealt  with  according  to  the  directions  of  said  ordinance. 
Have  you  then  and  there  this  summons. 

Witness  the  said  C.  A.  L.,  burgess,  of  the  bor- 
ough of  Bethlehem  aforesaid,  the  day  of 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  C.  A.  L.,  Burgess. 

Sec.  4.  When  any  conviction  shall  take  place  under 
any  of  the  ordinances  of  this  borough  before  the  burgess, 
and  the  defendant  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  pay  the  penalty, 
with  costs,  so  adjudged  against  him  in  any  ordinance,  the 
same  shall  he  enforced  by  due  execution  in  the  following 
form,  always  to  vary  according  to  each  particular  case  and 
the  facts  therein  contained.  And  in  all  cases  where  no 
goods  and  chattels  are  returned  by  the  officer  the  burgess 
shall  have  power  to  commit  said  party  to  the  borough 
lockup  for  any  space  of  time  not  exceeding  forty-eight 
hours. 

The  Burgess  and  Town  Council  of  the  Borough  of 
Bethlehem.  To  C.  W.  R.,High  Constable  of  said  bor- 
ougb,  greeting  : 

Whereas  D.  C.,  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  has  been 
convicted  before  the  burgess  of  driving  a loaded  wagon  over 
the  pavement,  in  action  of  debt,  in  the  name  of  the  burgess 
and  town  council  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  for  the  use 
of  the  same  before  said  burgess,  and  a judgment  obtained 
against  him  for  $ together  with  the  costs  of 

suit  ; and  the  said  D.  C.  having  hitherto  neglected  to  com- 
ply with  the  Judgment,  we  command  you  that  of  the  goods 
and  chatties  of  the  said  D.  C.  you  levy  the  debt  and  costs 
aforesaid. 

Witness  the  said  C.  A.  L.,  burgess,  at  the  bor- 
ough of  Bethlehem  aforesaid,  the  day  of 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  C.  A.  L.,  Burgess. 


56 


Sec.  o.  The  form  of  the  action  shall  be  endorsed  on  the 
back  of  the  summons  or  execution  in  each  case,  together 
with  the  costs,  that  the  defendant  may  have  his  choice  to 
pay  the  same  or  contest  the  matter,  as  occasion  may  seem 
most  proper  to  him,  which  form  shall  be  as  follows,  to  wit, 
varying  as  occasion  may  require  : 


The  Burgess  and  Town  Coun- 
cil of  the  borough  of  Beth- 
lehem, for  the  use  of  said 
borough, 

vs. 

D.  C. 


' Action  of  debt,  for  driving 
on  the  pavement  ot’  the  bor- 
ough. 

Debt  $ 

Costs  “ 

j Burgess  “ 

High  Constable  “ 

Witnesses  “ 

Amount  $ 


Sec.  6.  When  any  complaint  hereafter  shall  be  made  to 
the  burgess  concerning  any  offense  not  provided  for  by  any 
of  the  ordinances  of  the  borough,  and  coming  within  the 
lawful  jurisdiction  of  the  town  council,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  burgess  to  draw  up,  or  cause  to  be  drawn  up  as  soon 
as  conveniently  can  be  done,  an  ordinance  embracing  the 
offense,  and  submit  it  to  the  town  council  for  their  consid- 
eration. It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  burgegs  to  draw  all 
forms,  and  he  is  hereby  empowered  to  draw  and  make  use 
of  all  such  forms  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  required  to 
carry  the  ordinances  of  this  borough  into  effect,  according 
to  the  intention  and  meaning  of  said  ordinances  severally. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  July  28,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


G 


[No.  6.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  keep  the  Streets,  Pavements  and  Alleys  clear  of  Vehi- 
cles and  other  Incumbrances  ; also  concerning  Building 
Materials. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner  or  own- 
ers, possessor  or  possessors  of  ground  within  the  improved 
parts  of  this  borough,  to  keep  the  streets,  alleys  and  pave- 
ments or  footwalks,  to  the  gutter,  as  far  as  his  ground  ex- 
tends, clear  of  obstructions  of  every  kind,  except  such  and 
in  such  a manner  as  allowed  by  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  2.  If  any  person  as  aforesaid,  shall  wilfully  put, 
throw,  lay  or  deposit,  or  allow’  any  obstructions  on  the 
streets,  alleys,  and  pavements  or  footwalks,  as  aforesaid,  or 
upon  any  of  the  public  parts  of  this  borough  (except  a 
wagon  or  other  vehicle  which  is  in  daily  use,  and  that  to  be 
placed  as  near  the  gutter  as  conveniently  can  be)  every 
person  so  offending,  after  having  received  due  notice  to  de- 
sist, shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each  and  every  offense  the  sum 
of  $2,  if  such  obstructions  be  found  before  his  own  lot,  or 
the  lot  in  his  possession  ; and  the  sum  of  three  dollars  for 
each  and  every  such  offence,  if  found  on  any  other  public 
parts  of  this  borough,  which  said  penalty  shall  be  recovered 
before  the  burgess,  by  action  of  debt,  for  the  use  of  the  bor 
ough,  with  costs. 

Sec.  3.  Before  said  penalty  shall  be  recoverable,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  street  supervisors  to  notify  the  offender, 
and  if  the  said  obstructions  are  not  removed  within  twelve 
hours  if  notified  in  the  morning,  or  twenty-four  hours  if 
notified  in  the  evening,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
street  supervisors  to  remove  forthwith  the  said  obstructions, 
after  which  they  shall  lodge  information  with  the  burgess, 
and  the  offender  in  such  case  shall  pay  the  above  penalty 


58 


with  costs,  and  in  addition  thereto  the  costs  of  removal. 
The  street  supervisors  shall  receive  for  every  such  informa- 
tion the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents  over  aud  above  their  daily 
wages,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  treasury  of  this  borough. 

Sec.  4.  Nothing  contained  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  prevent  any  person  or  persons  whose  daily 
occupation  may  require  room  on  any  of  the  public  parts  of 
this  borough  for  his  work,  if  he  be  a tradesman,  or  for  his 
wagon  or  other  vehicle,  if  he  is  a farmer  or  carter,  or  any 
other  necessary  calling  in  any  line  to  make  free  use  of  said 
public  parts  of  said  borough  at  any  time,  thereby  not  ob- 
structing the  passage,  and  also  not  to  prevent  persons  lay- 
ing wood  next  the  pavements  for  a term  of  three  weeks,  and 
also  it  shall  be  so  construed  as  not  to  prevent  the  dealers  in 
merchandize  aud  others  from  placing  boxes,  barrels,  or  any 
thing  in  their  line  on  the  pavement,  so  as  to  leave  an  open 
passage  of  not  less  than  five  feet  of  their  pavements  for  pub- 
lic use. 

Sec.  5.  Any  citizen  of  this  borough,  or  any  other  person, 
building,  erecting  or  repairing  any  house,  stable,  out-house, 
shop  or  shed,  on  any  of  the  public  streets,  lanes  or  alleys 
within  the  limits  of  this  borough,  shall  have  the  privilege 
of  using  one-half  for  in  case  where  a building  is  carried  on 
opposite  one-third)  of  the  whole  width  of  said  street,  lane 
or  alley  adjoining  his  building  ground,  and  no  more,  to  put 
his  stone,  brick,  lime,  sand,  mortar,  timber,  or  any  such 
materials  as  he  may  want  in  the  progress  of  his  building 
trom  the  first  of  January  until  the  first  of  November  in 
each  aud  every  year  ; Provided , nevertheless,  to  keep  the 
gutter  open  for  the  free  passage  of  the  water  at  all  times. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street  supervisors  to 
notify  all  such  persons  as  may  have  availed  themselves  of 
the  privileges  aforesaid,  in  the  presence  of  witnesses  ten 
days  before  the  expiration  of  said  time,  or  at  auy  time  after 
said  building  is  finished,  to  remove  all  such  obstructions 
from  such  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  pavements  or  footwalks  as 
may  remain  on  any  of  them,  in  consequence  of  their  re- 


59 


spective  operations,  and  if  such  person  or  persons  shall  re- 
fuse or  neglect  to  clean  said  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  pavements 
or  footwalks  within  ten  days  after  notice,  then  the  street 
supervisors  shall  remove  the  same,  and  shall  make  out  a 
correct  bill  of  all  the  expenses  and  costs  arising  from  the 
removal  of  said  obstructions,  and  shall  lodge  information 
with  the  burgess,  and  the  said  street  supervisors  shall  re- 
cover the  amount  of  the  bill  with  costs,  in  a suit  brought  in 
the  name  of  the  corporation  before  the  burgess,  in  an  action 
of  debt,  and  likewise  three  dollars  fine  for  the  use  of  the 
borough  for  said  offence,  both  to  be  recovered  in  the  same 
suit. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  July  21st,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


A SUPPLEMENT 

To  an  Ordinance,  entitled  “An  Ordinance  to  keep  the 
Streets,  Pavements  and  Alleys  clear  from  Vehicles  and 
other  Incumbrances,  also  concerning  Building  Materials.” 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner  or  owners,  possessor 
or  possessors  of  ground  within  the  improved  parts  of  this 
borough,  to  keep  the  pavements  and  footwalks  as  far  as  his 
or  her  grounds  extends  clear  of  snow  and  ice,  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  afford  to  the  public  a convenient,  continuous 
and  unobstructed  passage  at  least  four  feet  wide  on  said 
pavement  or  footwalks.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
street  supervisors  to  notify  any  one  refusing  or  neglecting 
to  comply  with  the  said  requisitions,  to  remove  s^iid  ob- 
structions without  delay  ; and  if  the  said  obstructions  are 


60 


not  removed  within  six»hours  if  notified  in  the  morning,  or 
eighteen  hours  if  notified  in  the  evening,  after  the  then  fall 
of  snow  have  ceased,  that  it  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  street 
supervivors  to  remove  forthwith  the  said  obstructions, 
after  which  they  shall  lodge  information  with  the  burgess, 
and  the  offender  in  such  case  shall  pay  the  penalty  of  one 
dollar  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  with  costs,  and  in 
addition  thereto  the  costs  of  removal.  The  street  supervi- 
sors shall  receive  for  every  such  information  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  cents  over  and  above  their  daily  wages,  to  be 
paid  out  of  the  treasury  of  the  borough. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlebom,  February  15,  A.  D.  1847. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Bkunnek,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  7.  J 

AN  ORDINANCE 

Concerning  the  Firing  of  Guns  and  Beating  of  Drums  in 
the  streets. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  here- 
by enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  From  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance, if  any  person  or  persons  shall  fire,  discharge,  or  let 
off  any  gun,  pistol,  squib,  paper-balloon,  rocket  or  other 
firework  within  this  borough,  every  such  person  or  persons 
so  offending,  and  being  thereof  convicted,  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  for  every  such  ofience  the  sum  of  fifty  cents,  to  be  re- 
covered with  costs  of  suit  before  the  burgess,  in  an  action 
of  debt,  for  the  use  of  the  borough,  and  in  default  to  be 
committed  to  the  borough  lockup  no  less  than  3 nor  more 
that  48  hours  : Provided,  always,  that  nothing  in  this  ordi- 
nance shall  be  so  constrned  as  to  prevent  the  firing  of  mili- 


61 


tary  salutes  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  or  on  any  other  public 
occasion.  • 

Sec.  2.  If  any  person  or  persons,  after  the  passing  of 
this  ordinance,  shall  beat  the  drum  through  auy  of  the 
streets,  lanes  or  alleys,  in  the  thickly  settled  part  of  this 
borough,  except  on  general  or  company  training  days,  4th 
of  July,  or  22d  of  February,  he,  or  they  so  offending  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  for  each  offence  the  sum  of  fifty  cents,  to  be 
recovered  by  action  of  debt  before  the  burgess,  for  the  use 
of  the  borough  with  costs,  or  stand  committed  as  per  sec- 
tion 1. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  aud  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  August  18,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunnek,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  8.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 
Concerning  Chimneys. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  here- 
by enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  If  any  chimney  or  chimneys  of  any  house- 
holder or  dweller  within  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  shall 
be  seen  to  blaze  out  of  the  top  thereof,  unless  the  roof  of 
the  house  is  covered  with  snow  or  sufficiently  wet  with 
snow  or  rain,  or  during  the  time  of  a fall  of  snow  or  rain, 
such  householder  or  dweller,  on  conviction  before  the  bur- 
gess, by  the  testimony  of  credible  witness,  or  on  the  view 
of  the  burgess,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  one  dollar 
with  cost  of  suit,  to  be  sued  and  recovered  by  action  of 
debt,  for  the  use  of  the  borough  : Provided , always,  that  if 
any  householder  or  dweller  as  aforesaid  shall  make  it  ap- 
pear that  his  or  her  chimney  took  fire  within  a month  after 


62 


it  had  been  swept  or  cleaned,  such  person  shall  not  be  liable 
to  the  said  penalty,  and  provided  such  prosecution  shall  be 
commenced  within  twenty  days  after  the  time  of  such 
burning. 

Sec.  2.  Any  stove  pipes  that  are  now  or  shall  hereafter 
be  fixed  through  any  parts  of  houses,  shops  or  other  build- 
ings, shall  be  two  inches  clear  of  any  wood,  unless  the  same 
shall  be  fixed  through  a sash  window  and  shall  project  at 
least  three  feet  beyond  the  house  or  pent-house  of  the  build- 
ing, and  so  as  not  to  injure  or  endanger  the  adjacent  build 
ing,  and  every  person  or  persons  who  shall  not  cause  his, 
her  or  their  stove-pipe  or  pipes  to  be  fixed  according  to  the 
directions  aforesaid,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sura  of  five 
dollars,  to  be  recovered  and  applied  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  3.  Every  chimney  hereafter  built  within  this  bor- 
ough, which  shall  pass  through  or  near  the  ridge  of  the 
roof,  shall  extend  at  least  two  feet  nine  inches  above  the 
ridge  ; but  if  it  shall  pass  through  any  other  part  of  the 
roof,  or  on  the  outside  of  the  house  to  which  it  belongs,  it 
shall  be  raised  at  least  five  feet  above  that  part  of  the  roof 
opposite,  and  shall  at  least  be  one  foot  higher  than  the  highest 
part  thereof,  although  it  may  require  more  than  five  feet 
for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  4.  Every  chimney  now  built  or  hereafter  to  be 
built  with  brick  for  temporary  purposes,  shall  he  at  least 
four  inches  thick  from  the  inside  of  the  tunnel,  exclusive  of 
the  plastering,  when  adjoining  or  contiguous  to  any  wood 
or  substance  liable  to  take  fire,  and  shall  he  well  plastered 
in  every  part  of  the  inside,  and  every  joint  between  the 
bricks  shall  be  well  secured  on  the  outside  with  good  suit 
able  mortar. 

Sec.  5.  Every  chimney  now  built  through  the  ridge  of 
the  roof  of  any  house  that  is  adjoining  or  near  to  any  other 
house,  shall  be  at  least  two  feet  nine  inches  above  the  ridge 
through  which  it  passes,  and  the  top  thereof  shall  be  so  far 
extended  as  to  be  at  least  two  feet  nine  inches  from  the 
wooden  part  o any  other  building. 


63 


Sec.  6.  If  any  person  within  this  borough  shall  erect  on 
tbe  line  of  his  lot,  which  shall  be  adjoining  to  or  near 
another  house,  a shed,  shop  or  lower  building  with  a chim- 
ney it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  of  any  such  danger- 
ous chimney  to  raise  it  agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  the 
preceding  section . 

Sec.  7.  If  any  householder  within  this  borough  shall 
apprehend  that  the  chimney  of  any  of  his  neighbors  is  not 
conformable  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  in 
such  condition  as  to  endanger  the  houses  contiguous  there- 
to, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  such  householder  to  enter 
a complaint  to  the  burgess,  who  is  hereby  required  t ) ap- 
point three  judicious  mechanics  within  the  borough,  to  ex- 
amine the  situation  and  circumstances  of  the  same  ; and  if 
it  shall  appear  by  the  report  that  the  apprehension  of  dan- 
ger is  well  founded,  and  that  the  owner  or  owners  of  said 
chimney  refuse  or  neglect  to  remove  the  cause  of  complaint 
in  a reasonable  time,  not  exceeding  one  month,  he,  she  or 
they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  tbe  sum  of  ten  dollars,  and  the 
further  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  and  every  week,  until 
the  cause  of  complaint  shall  be  removed,  to  be  recovered 
by  action  of  debt  before  the  burgess,  with  costs  of  suit,  for 
the  use  of  the  borough. 

Euacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  August  29,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

§amuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  9.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  Regulate  the  Streets  and  Alleys  in  the  borough  of  Beth- 
lehem. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  That  the  plan  of  Bethlehem,  drawn  by  P. 


64 


Jarrett  in  1841,  from  surveys  made  by  Jacob  Dillinger, 
Esq.,  Rev.  John  C.  Brickenstein  and  Dr.  Abraham  Hue- 
bener,  with  certain  alterations  by  T.  W.  Roepper,  Esq.,  as 
presented  to  the  town  council,  June  11th,  1845,  be  adopted. 

Sec.  2.  The  plan  of  Bethlehem,  above  mentioned  and 
adopted,  shall  be  held  subject  to  such  variations  as  the 
council  shall  make  with  the  aid  of  the  engineer  for  the 
benefit  of  that  part  of  the  borough  where  made. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  owners  of  ground  ad- 
joining such  streets  or  parts  of  streets  and  alleys  as  are 
now  finally  regulated,  or  may  hereafter  be  finally  regu- 
lated according  to  the  above  mentioned  plan  and  directions 
of  the  town  council,  to  set  curbstones,  and  dig  down  or  fill 
up  the  pavements  or  sidewalks,  and  pave  the  gutters,  ac- 
cording to  t-  e directions  of  the  town  council,  so  rar  as  their 
property  may  join  the  said  streets  or  parts  of  streets,  with- 
in sixty  days  from  the  time  of  notice  given  to  them  for 
that  purpose  by  the  town  council. 

Sec.  4.  If  any  owner  or  owmers  of  ground  along  said 
street  or  streets  as  aforesaid,  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  com 
ply  with  the  provisions  of  the  third  section  of  this  ordi- 
nance, after  due  notice  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  town  council,  upon  the  information  to  them  by  the  high 
constable,  street  supervisors,  or  any  person,  or  upon  their 
own  knowledge  of  the  fact,  to  cause  good  curbstones  to  be 
set,  the  pavements  or  siuewalks  to  be  dug  down  or  filled 
np,  and  the  gutters  to  be  paved  as  aforesaid,  and  to  charrge 
the  cost  and  expense  of  the  same  to  said  owner  or  owuers, 
which  costs  and  expense,  if  not  forthwith  paid,  on  notice 
and  presentation  of  t.Le  bill,  by  said  owner  or  owners,  shall 
be  recovered  before  the  burgess  by  action  ot  debt,  with 
costs  of  suit,  for  the  use  of  the  persons  who  did  the  work,  in 
a suit  brought  in  the  name  of  the  corporation  for  their  use. 

Sec.  5.  The  town  council  shall  annually  appoint  an  engi- 
neer for  the  borough,  who  shall  be  vested  with  authority, 
and  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  on  notice  given  by  the  town 
council,  to  level,  lay  out  and  measure  all  such  streets, 

H 


alleys,  gutters  and  pavements  as  shall  be  designated  and 
directed  by  the  town  council  ; the  said  engineer  at  all  times 
to  conform  to  the  plan  or  draft  of  the  borough  and  regula- 
lations  aforesaid,  and  to  the  direction  of  the  council;  and 
his  decision  to  be  valid  in  all  cases.  And  the  said  engineer 
shall  receive  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per 
day  out  of  the  funds  of  the  corporation  whilst  in  actual 
service  for  the  town  council.  And  for  leveling  and  setting 
stakes  for  curbs,  gutters  and  pavements  for  private  indi- 
viduals, be  may  receive  one  dollar  for  sixty  feet,  or  any 
number  less  than  sixty  feet,  and  when  the  number  of  feet 
shall  exceed  sixty  feet,  he  shall  receive  from  said  individuals 
not  exceeding  one  cent  per  foot  running  measure  additional. 

Sec.  6.  If  any  person  or  persons  owning  a house  and  lot 
and  living  in  the  same,  or  any  person  or  persons  living  in  a 
house  where  the  lot  adjoins  a gutter,  shall  not  keep  the 
same  clear  of  dirt  and  such  other  matter  as  may  obstruct 
the  free  course  of  the  water,  he  or  she  shall  for  every  of- 
fence pay  the  sum  of  thirty-seven  cents,  to  be  recovered 
before  the  burgess,  by  action  of  debt,  for  the  use  of  the  bor- 
ough, upon  the  information  of  one  or  both  of  the  street 
supervisors,  wrhose  duty  it  shall  be  to  give  information  to 
the  burgess  of  the  same. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  June  23,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  10.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 
Concerning  Fire  Inspectors. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  burgess  annually 


66 


on  or  about  the  first  slated  meeting  of  the  town  com  cil,  in 
the  month  of  April,  to  appoint  four  citizens  who  shall  be 
called  fire  inspectors. 

Sec.  2.  The  duty  of  said  fire  inspectors  shall  be  to 
divide  the  borough  into  sections,  as  may  be  most  expedient 
to  carry  out  the  purpose  of  their  appointment  ; from  the 
1st  day  of  October  to  the  1st  day  of  April,  in  each  and 
every  year,  at  intervals  of  not  less  thau  four  nor  more  than 
eight  weeks,  and  during  the  remainder  of  the  year  at  such 
times  as  to  them  may  seem  most  expedient,  to  visit  each 
building  containing  a fire-place  or  stove,  and  satisfy  them- 
selves that  the  chimneys,  flues,  fire-places,  stoves,  ash-pits, 
furnaces,  &c.,  are  kept  in  a condition  to  secure,  as  far  as 
may  be,  the  property  of  the  citizens  from  danger  or  de- 
struction by  fire. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  or  persons  owning  or  occupying  a 
house,  as  the  case  may  be,  reported  as  heedless  or  neglect- 
ful of  duty  to  provide  for  the  security  of  the  property 
owned  or  occupied  by  them  from  danger  or  destruction  by 
fire,  shall  be  required  by  the  burgess  through  the  high  con- 
stable, to  remove  said  cause  of  complaint  within  twenty- 
four  hours,  and  in  case  of  neglect  or  refusal  to  comply  with 
said  requisition,  such  person  or  persons  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  such  offence, 
to  be  recovered  by  an  action  of  debt  before  the  burgess  for 
the  use  of  the  borough  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  4.  The  ordinance  concerning  fire  inspectors,  en- 
acted and  passed  at  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  November 
7,  A.  D.  1845,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  June  15,  A.  D.  1846. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


67 


[No.  11  J 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  Preserve  the  Public  Buildings,  Footways  and  other 
Property  in  the  Borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the.  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  towu  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section-  1.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  in  any  iran* 
ner  injure,  break,  dig  up,  remove,  pull  down  or  destroy  any 
of  the  public  buildings,  or  any  other  property,  either  public 
or  private  within  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  such  person  or 
persons  so  offending  shall  for  every  such  offence,  forfeit  and 
pay  auy  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  at  the  discretion  of 
the  burgess,  before  whom  the  same  shall  be  tried,  together 
with  costs  of  suit,  to  be  sued  for  aud  recovered  before 
the  burgess,  iu  an  action  of  debt  by  the  treasurer  of  the 
borough,  and  applied  to  and  for  the  use  of  the  said  borough 
with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  2.  If  any  person,  after  the  publication  of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  lead  or  drive  any  horse,  mare,  mule  or  jackass, 
upon  any  of  the  paved  footways  within  this  borough,  he  or 
she  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  horse,  mare, 
mule  or  jackass,  so  fed,  ridden  or  dnveu,  the  sum  of  three 
dollars,  to  be  recovered  before  the  burgess  in  an  action  of 
debt,  with  costs  of  suit  (by  any  person  who  will  give  infor- 
mation in  writing,  signed  by  said  person  to  the  burgess), 
for  the  use  of  the  borough.  And  if  any  person  shall,  after 
the  publication  of  this  ordinance,  lead  or  drive  any  wagon, 
cart,  chair,  sleigh  or  sled,  or  any  other  carriage,  either  of 
burthen  or  pleasure,  over,  or  upon  any  of  the  paved  foot- 
ways of  the  borough,  he  or  she  so  offending,  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  for  every  such  offence  the  sum  ot  five  dollars,  to  be 
recovered  by  any  person  who  will  sue  for  the  same  in  the 
manner  as  above,  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  3.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  after  the  publica- 
tion of  this  ordinance,  throw  or  leave  any  chips,  or  dirt  of 


68 


any  kind,  upon  any  of  the  paved  footways  of  this  borough, 
he,  she  or  they  so  offending,  shall  forfet  and  pay  for  every 
offence  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  to  be  recovered  before  the 
burgess  by  the  action  of  debt  (by  any  person,  who  will  give 
written  information  thereof  to  the  burgess)  for  the  use  of 
the  borough,  with  costs  of  suit ; and  if  auy  person  or  per- 
sons shall,  after  the  passing  of  this  ordinance,  by  writing 
with  chalk,  or  any  other  way  deface  any  of  the  houses  or 
fences  within  this  borough,  he,  she  or  they  so  offending, 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  offence  the  sum  of  one  dol- 
lar, to  be  recovered  as  above  for  the  use  of  the  borough, 
with  costs  of  suit. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  oi 
Bethlehem,  May  2,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  12.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

Concerning  Taxation  of  Dogs  and  Bitches  within  the  Limits 
of  the  Borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  here- 
by enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  It.  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  high  constable 
annually  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June,  to  furnish  the 
clerk  of  the  council  a correct  list  to  the  best  of  his  knowl- 
edge under  oath,  of  the  number  of  dogs  and  bitches  more 
than  two  months  old,  owned  or  kept  within  the  limits  of  the 
borough  of  Bethlehem,  together  with  the  names  of  the 
owner  or  keeper  thereof,  for  which  service  he  shall  receive 
the  sum  of  five  cents  for  each  and  every  dog  or  bitch  so  put 
down  on  the  list,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  borough  treasury. 
Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  or  person,  on 


69 


whom  the  duty  of  assessing  and  preparing  the  annual  tax 
duplicate  hereafter  shall  devolve,  to  add  to  the  amount  of 
tax  annually  charged  against  the  several  tax  payers  within 
the  borough,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  every  first  dog  or 
bitch,  and  the  sura  of  two  dollars  for  each  and  every  addi- 
tional dog  or  bitch  so  kept  or  owned  by  him,  her  or  them, 
within  Fairview  street  to  the  north  and  Linden  street  to  the 
east  in  the  borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Sec.  3.  All  persons  living  beyond  the  aforesaid  limits  in 
the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  to  be  assessed  one  half  of  the 
stipulated  sum  for  each  and  every  dog  or  bit^h  more  than 
two  months  old,  owned  or  kept  b him,  her  or  them.  The 
said  tax  so  assessed  shall  be  collected  and  paid  over  by  the 
tax  collector  of  the  borough  in  the  same  manner,  and  under 
the  same  penalties  as  other  taxes  for  the  borough  purposes 
are  by  law  now  collected  and  paid  over,  and  the  fact  of  any 
dog  or  bitch  kept  and  fed  about  the  house,  shall  oe  sufficient 
evidence  to  charge  the  said  occupant  with  tax  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  4.  The  high  constable  shall  pay  a fine  of  twenty 
cents  for  the  use  of  the  borough  for  every  dog  or  bitch  he 
neglects  or  refuses  to  register  within  the  limits  of  this  bor- 
ough. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  May  15,  A.  D.  1854. 

PHILIP  H GOEPP,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


LNo.  13.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  Prevent  the  Assembling  of  Disorderly  Persons  at  any 
of  the  corners  or  other  parts  of  the  streets,  lanes  or  al- 
leys of  the  boiough  of  Bethlehem,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses. 


70 


Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  here- 
by enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  From  and  after  the  passing  of  this  ordi- 
nance, if  any  person  or  persons  shall  at  any  time  be  found 
at  any  of  the  corners  or  other  parts  of  the  borough,  behav- 
ing in  a disorderly  manner,  and  do  not  forthwith  peaceably 
retire  on  being  ordered  so  to  do  by  the  high  constable,  the 
said  high  constable  shall  forthwith  arrest  the  said  offender 
or  offenders,  and  take  him  or  them,  or  either  of  them, 
before  the  burgess. 

Sec.  2.  If  it  shall  appear  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  bur- 
gess on  his  view  or  on  confession  of  the  offender  or  offenders, 
or  by  the  oath  or  affirmation  of  one  or  more  lawful  witness 
or  witnesses,  that  the  said  person  or  persons  did  behave  in  a 
disorderly  manner  by  insulting  any  person  or  persons  pass- 
ing the  streets,  or  did  make  use  of  improper  and  indecent 
language,  or  profanely  curse  or  swear,  or  interrupt  the 
passage  ; every  person  or  persons  thus  lawfully  convicted 
as  aforesaid,  shall  suffer  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  dollars, 
to  be  recovered  in  an  action  of  debt  before  the  burgess,  with 
cjsts  of  suit,  for  the  use  of  the  borough,  and  in  default  to 
be  committed  to  the  borough  lockup  no  less  than  five  hours 
nor  more  than  forty-eight  hours. 

Sec.  3.  If  any  person  or  persons,  during  the  night  time, 
shall  disturb  the  peaceable  inhabitants  of  this  borough  by 
building  fires,  or  throwing  fire  balls  or  crackers  in  the 
streets  or  any  parts  of  the  borough,  or  making  any  great 
noise,  such  person  or  persons  being  thereof  lawfully  con- 
victed, shall  suffer  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  dollars,  to  be 
recovered  with  costs  of  suit  before  the  burgess,  in  an  action 
of  debt,  for  the  use  of  the  borough,  and  in  default  to  stand 
committed  as  prescribed  in  Sec.  2. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance,  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  June  30,  A.  D.  1815. 

CHAS.  AEG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 
Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


71 


[No.  14] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

For  Regulating  Shows  in  the  Borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  No  person,  party  or  company,  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  exhibit  auiraals  or  circus  within  the  limits  of  this 
borough,  and  demand  and  receive  money  therefor  from 
spectators,  without  having  previously  paid  to  the  burgess  of 
said  borough  the  sum  of  five  dollars,  aud  obtained  from  him 
a license  to  do  so  in  the  following  form,  to  wit : 

Bethlehem,  18  . 

To  the  High  Constable  : 

This  is  to  certify  that  Mr.  has  paid  the  sum  of 

dollars  for  a license,  which  entitles  to  have  an 
Exhibition  for  day  and  night,  being 

he  day  of  18  . 

Attest  : Burgess. 

— Clerk. 


which  license  may  be  renewed  by  the  burgess,  on  tl  e same 
terms,  as  occasion  may  require  ; and  any  person,  party  or 
company,  who  shall  exhibit  animals  or  circus  as  aforesaid, 
within  the  limits  of  this  borough,  without  having  previously 
obtained  a license,  or  who  on  demand  shall  refuse  to  show 
his  or  their  license,  shall  be  deemed  an  offender  or  offenders 
against  this  ordinance,  and  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of 
twenty  dollars,  to  be  recovered  before  the  burgess,  by  ac- 
tion of  debt,  for  the  use  of  the  borough,  with  costs. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  high  constable  of  this 
borough  to  demand  the  license  required  by  this  ordinance  of 
any  person,  party  or  company,  who  may  be  exhibiting  or 
about  to  exhibit  as  aforesaid,  and  to  inform  him  or  them  of 
the  requisitions  thereof.  And  in  the  case  the  person,  party 


72 


or  company  so  exhibiting,  or  about  to  exhibit  as  aforesaid, 
refuse  to  show  his  or  their  license,  or  persist  in  exhibiting 
as  aforesaid,  without  having  previously  obtained  a license, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  high  constable  to  give  informa- 
tion thereof  to  the  burgess. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  burgess,  on  informa- 
tion of  the  high  constable,  or  any  other  person,  on  oath  or 
affirmation  of  the  fact,  to  issue  his  summons  or  warrant,  as 
tv  e case  may  require,  against  the  person  or  persons 
offending  against  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  have 
him  or  them  brought  before  him  by  the  high  constable,  and 
upon  legal  conviction  of  the  offence,  to  adjudge  him  or 
them  in  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  together  with  costs  of  suit, 
to  be  recovered  by  law.  One  dollar  thereof,  if  recovered,  to 
be  paid  to  the  High  Constable,  or  person  giving  the  infor- 
mation, and  the  remainder  to  be  paid  into  the  treasury  for 
the  use  of  the  borough. 

Sec.  4.  In  all  cases  of  exhibitions  or  shows  of  whatever 
kind  or  nature,  when  money  is  designed  io  be  taken  from 
spectators  in  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  application  must- 
be  made  to  the  burgess,  who  with  two  members  of  the 
town  council  by  him  appointed  for  the  purpose,  shall  in- 
quire into  the  nature,  character  and  magnitude  of  such 
show  or  exhibition,  and,  if  in  the  opinion  of  said  commit- 
tee, such  exhibition  be  admissible  in  a moral  point  of  view, 
they  shall  grant  a license  for  a sum  not  exceeding  five  dol- 
lars and  not  less  than  one  dollar,  the  precise  amount  to  be 
determined  by  the  committee  according  to  its  nature  and 
magnitude.  And  whenever  any  exhibition  shall  have  for 
its  object  the  promotion  of  some  useful  art,  or  science,  or 
its  purpose  solely  of  a benevolent  character,  the  committee 
aforesaid  shall  have  power  to  grant  a license  without  any 
charge  thereof,  which  must  be  presented  to  the  high  con- 
stable before  exhibition. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance,  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  May  19,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk.  i-j 


73 


[No.  15.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 
Concerning  Fire  Marshals. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 

Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 

enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  That  the  burgess  and  two  members  of  town 
council  appointed  by  that  body,  shall,  within  thirty  days 
after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  thereafter  on  the 
first  Saturday  in  May  in  each  and  every  year,  between  the 
hours  of  three  and  seven  o’clock  P.  M.,  at  the  council  room, 
having  giveu  ten  days  previous  notice  thereof,  hold  au  elec- 
tion for  the  purpose  of  electing  three  persons  to  be  called 
fire  marshals. 

Sec.  2.  All  active  members  of  the  several  fire,  hook  and 
ladder  and  hose  companies  in  the  borough  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote  at  such  election. 

Sec.  3.  The  person  having  the  highest  number  of  votes 
shall  be  regarded  and  obeyed  as  chief  marshal,  the  person 
having  the  next  highest  number  of  votes  first  assistant 
marshal,  and  the  person  having  the  next  highest  number  of 
votes  second  assistant  fire  marshal. 

Sec.  4.  The  duties  of  said  fire  marshals  shall  be  to  super- 
intend and  direct  the  action  of  the  several  fire,  hook,  lad- 
der and  hose  companies  of  the  borough  at  the  extinguish- 
ing of  fires. 

The  first  fire  marshal,  when  on  the  ground,  shall 
be  obeyed  as  the  chief  marshal  at  the  extinguishing  of 
fires  ; in  his  absence  the  first  assistant  marshal  shall  be  so 
obeyed,  and  in  the  absence  of  both,  the  second  assistant 
marshal  shall  be  so  obeyed  by  the  several  fire,  hook,  ladder 
and  hose  companies  in  the  town.  Due  obedience  to  be  ren- 
dered to  all  orders  emanating  from  said  fire  marshal  when 
on  duty. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed^at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  May  18,  A.  D.  1857. 

JACOB  WOLLE,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk, 


74 


[No.  16.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

For  Numbering  Houses  and  Naming  Streets,  Alleys  and 
Lanes  within  the  borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  That  the  names  of  the  several  streets  of  this 
borough,  as  set  down  in  P.  Jarret’s  map,  taken  from  a sur- 
vey of  J.  Dillinger,  A.  Huebener,  J.  C.  Brickenstein  and 
T.  W.  Roepper,  are  hereby  recognized  and  adopted. 

Sec.  2.  From  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  or  persons  who  are  prop- 
erty holders  within  this  borough,  to  have  an  appropriate 
number  put  up  in  front  of  his,  her  or  their  house  or  houses, 
within  the  space  of  sixty  days  after  due  notice  having 
been  given  them  by  the  burgess,  to  correspond  with  a draft, 
plan  or  number  adopted  by  council,  the  said  draft  or  plan 
to  be  kept  in  the  town  clerk’s  office  for  inspection  within  all 
reasonable  hours. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street  committee 
to  have  suitable  handboards  put  up  at  the  corner  of  each 
and  e7ery  street  or  alley  within  the  built  up  part  of  the 
borough,  with  the  name  of  said  street  or  alley  thereon,  as 
per  draft  or  plan  adopted  by  town  council. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  high  constable, 
if  any  person  or  persons  who  are  property  holders,  neglect 
or  refuse  to  comply  with  this  ordinance,  after  due  notice  has 
been  given  him,  her  or  then)  by  the  burgess,  to  notify  said 
person  or  persons  of  their  neglect;  aud  if  not  complied 
with  within  the  space  of  ten  days  after  due  notice  has  been 
given  to  such  person  or  persons  by  the  high  constable,  he 
shall  then  enter  complaint  before  the  burgess,  and  any  such 
person  or  persons  being  lawfully  convicted  shall  suffer  a fine 
of  fifty  cents  for  each  aud  every  offence,  to  be  recovered  by 


75 


action  of  debt  before  the  burgess,  with  cost3  of  suit,  for  the 
use  of  the  borough. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance,  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  March  14,  A.  D.  1853. 

JEDIDIAH  WEISS,  Burgess. 
Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  17.] 

AN  ORDINANCE. 

To  prevent  for  a certain  time  and  on  certain  occasions 
the  Running  at  Large  of  Dogs  Unmuzzled  within  the 
borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  From  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance 
it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  owning  a dog  or 
dogs,  slut  or  sluts,  to  let  such  animal  or  animals  run  at 
large  for  the  term  of  six  months  after  he,  she  or  they  shall 
have  received  notice  from  town  c<#mcil  by  public  advertise- 
ments or  otherwise,  unless  said  animals  be  securely  muz- 
zled  to  prevent  them  from  biting. 

Sec.  2.  All  dogs  or  sluts  unmuzzled  running  at  large 
within  the  limits  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem  during  said 
term  shall  be  immediately  killed,  and  all  good  citizens  are 
hereby  requested  to  aid  the  proper  officer  appointed  to  carry 
this  ordinance  into  effect. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  constable  to  pro- 
cure aid  if  necessary  for  carrying  this  ordinance  into  effect, 
and  that  upon  his  certificate  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  for  every 
dog  or  slut  destroyed  as  aforesaid  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
borough  treasury. 

Sec.  4.  Any  ordinance  hereby  altered  or  supplied  is 


76 


hereby  repealed  from  and  after  the  date  when  this  ordi- 
nance goes  into  effect.  \ 

Enacted  into  au  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  May  1,  A.  D.  1848. 

JOHN  M.  MICKSCH,  Burgess. 
Samuel  Brunnee,  Town  Clerk. 


A SUPPLEMENT 

To  an  Ordinance  to  prevent  for  a certain  time  and  on  cer- 
tain occasions  the  Running  at  Large  of  Dogs  Unmuzzted 
within  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  passed  on  the  first  day 
of  May,  A.  D.  1848. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  high  constable  to  kill  all 
dogs  or  sluts  fouud  running  at  large  in  the  public  streets  of 
this  borough  at  any  time  between  suuset  and  sunrise 
whether  the  same  be  muzzled  or  not. 

Enacted  as  a supplement  to  the  aforesaid  ordinance  and 
passed  at  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  May  21,  A.  D.  1848. 

*JOHN  M.  MICKSCH  Burgess. 
Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  18.] 

AN  ORDINANCE. 

Concerning  Riding  Horses  and  Driving  Carriages,  and  to 
Prevent  Horses,  &c.,  from  Running  at  Large  in  the  bor- 
ough of  Bethlehem. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem,  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  ride  any 


77 


horse,  mare,  mule  or  gelding  on  a gate  faster  than  a trot, 
through  any  of  the  streets,  lanes  or  alleys  within  this  bor- 
ough, every  person  or  persons  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  than  five 
dollars,  to  he  recovered  by  action  of  debt  before  the  bur- 
gess, with  costs  of  suit,  for  the  use  ot  the  borough  ; and  in 
default  of  payment  to  stand  committed  in  the  borough  lock- 
up no  less  than  one  hour  nor  more  than  forty-eight  hours, 
as  the  case  may  be. 

Sec.  2.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  drive  any  stage, 
wagon,  buggy,  sleigh,  sled  or  any  other  carriage  or  convey- 
ance faster  than  a trot  through  any  of  che  streets,  alleys  or 
lanes  of  this  borough,  every  person  or  persons  so  offending 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  offence  no  less  than  one 
nor  more  than  five  dollars,  to  be  recovered  as  per  section  1, 
or  stand  committed  as  per  section  1. 

Sec.  3.  If  any  horse,  mule,  mare,  gelding  or  colt  shall 
be  permitted  to  run  at  large  within  any  of  the  streets,  lanes 
or  alleys  of  this  borough,  either  wilfully  or  negligently,  the 
owner  of  such  animal  so  running  at  large,  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  to  be  recovered  as  per  section  1. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street  supervisors,  on 
view  or  information  thereof,  to  take  up  each  and  every  such 
animal  or  animals,  and  to  secure  the  same  in  some  public 
or  private  place  of  safekeeping,  and  thereupon  give  notice 
to  the  burgess,  and  likewise  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  such 
animal  or  animals,  if  he,  she  or  they  are  known  ; and  if 
they  are  not  known,  then  the  said  street  supervisors  shall 
put  up  advertisements  at  the  most  public  places  in  said  bor- 
ough, and  if  such  owner  or  owners  shall  come  forward 
within  three  days  after  such  notice  or  information,  and 
after  proving  his  property,  pay  into  the  hands  of  the  bur 
gess  the  amount  of  the  above  penalty  and  costs,  the  said 
burgess  shall  restore  the  animal  or  animals  to  the  owner  or 
owners  by  his  order.  But  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  such 
horse,  mule,  mare,  gelding  or  colt  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to 
pay  the  said  penalty  and  costs  within  three  days  as  afore- 


78 


said,  then  the  burgess  shall  issue  his  precept,  directed  to  the 
said  street  supervisors,  to  sell  said  animal  or  animals  at, 
public  sale  or  outcry  to  the  highest  and  best  bidder,  and 
the  proceeds  of  such  sale  shall  be  paid  to  the  treasurer  of 
this  borough,  after  deducting  the  costs  of  the  proceedings 
for  the  use  of  the  borough. 

Sec.  5.  If  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  horse,  mare, 
gelding  or  colt  shall  at  any  time  before  the  actual  sale  there- 
of,  pay  said  penalty  with  the  costs  which  accrued  thereon, 
then  the  proceedings  on  said  warrant  shall  b<*  stayed  forth- 
with, and  the  animal  or  animals  shall  be  restored  to  the 
owner  or  owners  thereof. 

Sec.  6.  If  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  horse,  mare, 
gelding  or  colt,  shall  not  come  forward  till  after  the  sale, 
and  be  unknown,  if  at  any  time  he,  she  or  they  shall  come 
forward  within  one  year  after  the  sale,  and  before  the  bur- 
gess, prove  his,  her  or  their  property  in  said  animal  or  ani- 
mals, the  burgess  shall  draw  an  order  on  the  treasurer  of 
the  borough  for  the  amount  of  such  animal  or  animals  sold 
and  thus  proved,  after  deducting  the  costs  of  such  sale  and 
proceedings  had,  which  order  being  signed  by  the  burgess 
and  countersigned  by  the  clerk,  shall  be  paid  by  the  treas- 
urer of  the  borough,  out  of  the  funds  of  the  same,  to  such 
owner  or  owners  aforesaid. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  June  30,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  19.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  Prevent  the  Burning  of  Shavings,  Paper,  Hay,  Straw, 
Stubbles,  Vines  or  any  combustible  matter  after  night,  or 
carting,  or  depositing  the  same  either  in  the  day  time  or 
night  in  any  street  or  alley,  or  on  any  private  ground 
within  the  limits  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem. 


79 


Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 

Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 

enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  ; 

Section  1.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  or- 
dinance, it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
whatever  to  set  fire  to  and  burn  any  paper,  shavings,  hay, 
straw,  stubbles,  vines  or  any  combustible  matter,  unless  be- 
tween the  hours  of  five  and  eight  o’clock  on  a calm  morn- 
ing, and  no  less  than  thirty  feet  from  any  building  in  any  of 
the  streets  or  alleys,  or  on  any  private  ground  within  the 
limits  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  and  against  this  ordinance 
for  any  person  or  persons  to  cart,  throw  or  deposit  in  any 
street,  alley  or  any  private  ground  within  the  limits  of  the 
borough,  any  shavings,  paper,  hay,  straw,  stubbles,  vines 
or  any  other  matter,  except  on  the  enclosed  parts  of  his 
own  private  lot,  and  that  for  his  own  necessary  use.  Nor 
shall  it  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  form  grain, 
hay,  cornstalks,  or  strawstack  or  stacks,  within  200  yards  of 
any  lot  containing  a dwelling  house  thereon  within  the 
limits  of  this  borough. 

Sec.  3.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  offend  against  this 
ordinance,  he  or  they  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the 
sum  of  five  dollars,  to  be  recovered  in  an  action  of  debt  for 
the  use  of  the  borough,  with  costs  of  suit,  in  a suit  before 
the  burgess,  on  the  information  on  oath  of  the  street  super- 
visors or  any  of  them,  or  any  other  person,  who  will  inform 
the  burgess  of  the  fact. 

Sec.  4.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  be  convicted  be- 
fore the  burgess  of  aiding  or  abbeting,  or  in  any  way 
encouraging  others  to  offend  against  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  he  shall  pay  the  like  sum  of  five  dollars,  to  be 
recovered  in  an  action  of  debt  before  the  burgess  for  the  use 
of  the  borough,  with  costs  as  above  stated.  The  informer 
in  each  case  to  receive  from  the  borough  one  dollar,  where 
a conviction  is  had,  and  not  otherwise. 


80 


Enacted  into  au  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  May  16,  A.  D.  1815. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 
Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


LNo.  20.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 
Concerning  Nuisances. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  From  and  after  the  date  of  this  ordinance 
no  merchant,  storekeeper  or  other  person  whatsoever  shall 
keep  at  any  one  time  more  than  fifty  pounds  of  gun  powder 
on  the  premises,  used  or  occupied  by  him,  within  the  thick- 
ly built  and  inhabited  parts  ol  this  borough,  under  a pen- 
alty of  fifty  dollars,  to  be  sued  for  and  recovered  with  costs 
of  suit  before  the  burgess  in  an  action  of  debt,  for  the  use 
of  the  borough. 

Sec.  2.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  cast,  carry  or 
draw  out,  or  lay  any  dead  horse  or  other  carcass  of  cattle, 
sheep,  hog  or  dog,  or  any  excrement  or  other  filth  from 
vaults,  privies  or  necessary  houses,  and  shall  leave  such 
carcass  or  filth  on  any  part  of  the  commons  of  this  borough, 
or  on  or  near  any  of  the  streets,  lanes,  alleys  or  highways 
within  said  borough,  without  burying  the  same  at  least  four 
feet  below  the  surface  of  the  grouud,  the  same  is  hereby 
declared  a public  nuisance  ; and  every  person  or  persons  so 
offending,  and  being  convicted  thereof  before  the  burgess  of 
the  borough,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  offence  the 
sum  of  five  dollars,  to  be  sued  for  and  recovered,  with  costs 
of  suit,  before  the  burgess  of  the  borough  in  an  action  of 
debt,  to  and  for  the  use  of  the  borough. 

Sec.  3.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  throw  any  dead 

K 


•cat,  fowl  or  pig,  or  any  other  small  animal  in  any  of  the 
streets,  lanes  @r  alleys  of  this  borough,  or  on  any  private 
lots,  their  own  included,  or  if  any  person  or  persons  shall 
trail  or  drag  any  raw  hides,  or  skins,  or  any  other  offensive 
article,  along  any  of  the  paved  footways  within  the  borough, 
the  same  is  hereby  declared  a public  nuisance,  and  every  per- 
son so  offending,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  offence 
the  sum  of  fifty  cents,  to  be  recovered  by  action  of  debt, 
with  costs  of  suit,  before  the  burgess,  and  applied  to  and 
for  the  use  of  the  borough. 

Sec.  4.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  erect  or  place  any 
stall,  booths,  boxes,  wagons,  or  fix  any  convenience  as  a 
public  stand,  and  shall  use  the  same  for  opening  and  selling 
•oysters,  or  for  the  purpose  of  huckstering  or  offering  for 
sale,  cakes  or  beer,  or  strong  drink,  cordials  or  cider,  on  any 
public  day,  on  any  of  the  footways  or  in  any  of  the  public 
streets  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem  ; the  same  is  hereby 
declared  a public  nuisance,  and  every  person  so  offending, 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  every  such 
offence,  to  be  recovered  by  action  of  debt,  with  costs  of  suit 
before  the  burgess,  for  the  use  of  the  borough. 

Sec.  5.  On  complaint  made  to  the  street  supervisors 
that  any  inhabitant  permits  any  nuisance  to  be  and  remain 
on  his  or  her  lands  or  possessions,  the  said  street  supervi- 
sors are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  with  the  aid  of 
the  high  constable,  to  enter  peaceably,  and  view  the  matter 
or  cause  of  complaint,  and  make  true  report  thereof  in 
writing  to  the  burgess,  who  after  hearing  the  same,  shall 
order  and  direct  the  high  constable  to  give  at  least  twelve 
hours  notice  to  the  possessor  of  said  lands,  to  remove  or 
abate  the  said  nuisance,  and  if  the  said  possessor  does  not 
within  that  time  begin  to  remove  or  abate  the  said  nuisance, 
and  continue  on  until  the  same  is  done,  it  shall  and  may  be 
lawful  for  the  burgess  to  issue  his  precepts  to  the  high  con- 
stable of  the  borough,  directing  him  to  take  with  him  one 
or  more  of  the  street  supervisors  of  the  borough,  and  as 
many  other  persons  as  may  be  uecessary,  with  implements, 


and  enter  into  the  said  land  peaceably  to  remove  or  abate; 
the  same. 

Sec.  6.  The  street  supervisor  shall  keep  a just  and  true 
account  of  the  expenses  of  removing,  or  abating  the  said 
nuisance,  which  expenses,  provided  they  shall  appear  just 
and  reasonable,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  recover  from  the  pos- 
sessor of  the  said  laud,,  in  an  action  of  debt,  in  his  own 
name,  before  the  burgess,  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  7.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  think  themselves 
aggrieved  by  the  report  of  the  street  supervisors  and  high 
constable,  he,  she  or  they  may  appeal  to  the  c /Uncil,  a ma- 
jority of  whom  are  hereby  authorized  to  hear  and  determine 
the  same,  provided  notice  ot  the  said  appeal  be  given  either 
in  person  or  by  writing  to  the  chairman  of  the  council, 
within  twelye  hours  after  notice  given  to  remove  or  abate 
the  said  nuisance,  and  the  chairman  of  the  council  is  here^ 
by  required  to  summon  the  council,  for  the  purpose  of  hear- 
ing and  determining  the  said  appeal. 

Sec.  8.  When  any  nuisance  is  discovered  on  any  lot 
which  has  been  occasioned  by  lowering  or  digging  down  the 
streets,  the  corporation  shall  pay  the  expenses  of  abating 
it,  and  not  the  owner. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  May  16  , A.  D.  1846. 

GHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  21] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

. Concerning  the  Duties  of  the  Street  Supervisors. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same.  '-■'•r 

Section  1.  In  addition  to  the  duties  enjoined  on  the 


83 


street  supervisors  by  the  following  ordinances,  as  therein 
-specified,  to  wit  : No.  4.  An  ordinance  concerning  fire  lad- 
ders, sections  1,  2,  3,  4.  No.  6.  An  ordinance  to  keep  the 
streets,  lanes,  alleys,  &c.,  clear  of  vehicles,  &e.,  sections  3, 
6,  "No.  9.  An  ordinance  to  regulate  streets,  alleys,  gut- 
ters, sections  4,  6.  No.  18.  An  ordinance  concerning 
riding  of  horses  and  driving  of  carriages,  &c.,  section  4^ 
No.  20.  An  ordinance  concerning  nuisances,  sections  5,  6j. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street  supervisors  to 
report  to  council  in  writing  or  otherwise,  on  or  before  every 
third  Monday  in  the  month  during  their  appointment,  all 
such  improvements  and  repairs  as  they  shall  think  neces- 
sary ought  to  be  done  on  any  of  the  lanes,  alleys,  streets  or 
highways  of  the  borough,  and  likewise  the  progress  made 
iri  such  works  or  repairs  as  may  have  been  by  council 
directed  to  be  done. 

Sec.  3.  The  street  Supervisors  shall  have  power  to  do 
such  work  on  the  highways,  streets,  lanes  or  alleys  of  this 
borough  us  they  see  proper,  and  think  to  be  necessary  to  be 
done  without  the  direction  of  council  : Provided , The  ex- 
pense of  Such  work  or  repairs  does  not  exceed  the  sum  of 
five  dollars.  The  said  street  supervisors  shall  have  power 
to  procure  such  implements  as  are  deemed  necessary  for  re- 
pairing the  streets,  lanes  aud  alleys  at  the  expense  of  the 
borough  and  the  same  by  them  to  be  kept  in  a suitable 
place,  to  be  used  only  for  borough  purposes,  and  not  other- 
wise, under  a penalty  of  twenty-five  cents  for  each  and 
every  action  of  debt,  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  4.  When  any  improvements  or  repairs  shall  be 
directed  by  the  council,  the  street  supervisors  shall  employ 
such  able,  diligent  and  faithful  laborers,  artificers  or  work- 
men as  shall  and  will  perform  their  reasonable  duty  at  the 
business  for  which  they  are  engaged,  for  which  they  shall 
be  paid  the  usual  prices  given  for  such  services.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  i he  street  supervisors  to  endorse  all  bills  for 
work  done  under  their  superintendence,  as  no  item  shall  be 
allowed  without  being  substantiated  by  some  such  sufficient 


evidence,  except  the  compensation  for  their  own  care  and 
‘attendance  in  overseeing  their  workmen  ; a,nd  for  each  day 
faithfully  employed  as  aforesaid,  or  for  any  other  service- 

rendered,  they  shall  receive  each  at  the  rate  of dollar 

per  day. 

Sec.  5.  At  the  end  of  the  year  or  which  the  street  super- 
visors shall  have  been  elected,  or  any  time  when  required 
by  the  council,  they  shall  present  to  the  council  an  account 
made  out,  embracing  all  their  borough  accounts,  specifying 
in  said  account  the  names  of  such  alleys,  lanes,  streets  or 
highways  within  the  said  borough,  when  and  where  said 
work  was  done,  with  the  whole  amount  for  their  services 
during  the  last  year  ; and  on  neglect  or  refusal  so  to  do, 
without  rendering  to  the  council  a satisfactory  excuse 
therefor,  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars, 
to  be  sued  for  and  recovered  by  action  of  debt  before  the 
burgess,  with  costs  of  suit,  for  the  use  of  the  borough. 

Sec.  6.  The  street  supervisors  shall  have  authority  to  cause 
all  the  streets,  lanes  or  alleys  of  the  borough  to  he  opened 
to  their  proper  width,  when  so  directed  by  the  town  coun- 
cil, and  cause  those  already  opened  to  be  maintained  in 
their  proper  width  ; and  if  any  person  or  persons  owning 
land  adjoining  have  encroached  or  shall  encroach  on  the 
said  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  pavements  or  footwalks,  or  either 
of  them,  and  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  open  them,  or  clear 
them  of  all  obstructions  or  otherwise  in  four  weeks  after 
the  notice  is  given  him,  her  or  them,  by  the  said  street 
supervisors,  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  said  street 
supervisors  to  open  them  to  the  full  width,  and  cause  such 
person  or  persons  to  pay  the  expense  of  removing  the  same, 
by  action  of  debt,  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  7.  From  and  after  the  passiug  of  this  ordinance  all 
buildings  and  improvements  her  after  to  be  erected  and 
made,  shall  be  regulated  so  as  to  range  along  the  sides 
of  the  streets,  by  the  said  street  supervisors  and  the  street 
committee,  leaving  the  hight  which  the  building  is  to  be  set 
to  the  engineer  and  the  owner. 


85 


Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street  supervisors  to 
see  that  iu  the  building  of  porches  on  the  sides  of  the  street, 
the  person  so  building  them  shall  not  occupy  more  than  six 
feet  of  the  pavement,  but  those  already  built  may  remain, 
if  wider  than  six  feet,  until  it  is  necessary  to  rebuild  them, 
and  then  they  shall  be  built  according  to  the  regulations 
aforesaid. 

Sec.  9.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  dig  any  llole  in 
any  street,  lane  or  alley  of  this  borough,  for  the  purpose  of 
preventing  any  improvements  made  or  making  in  the 
streets,  lanes  or  alleys  by  the  street  supervisors,  or  shall 
haul  any  stones,  sand,  gravel,  ground,  brickbats  or  lum- 
ber of  any  kind,  under  pretense  of  clearing  their  own 
ground,  or  on  any  other  pretense,  and  shall  throw  the  same 
in  the  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  or  on  the  pavements  or  side- 
walks, without  permission  first  had  from  the  street  super- 
visors, or  with  a view  ot  altering,  defeating  or  preventing 
any  improvements  made  or  making  by  the  street  super- 
visors, such  person  or  persons  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum 
of  five  dollars,  to  be  recovered  before  the  burgess  in  an  ac- 
tion of  debt  for  the  use  of  the  borough,  with  costs  of  suit, 
besides  the  expense  of  filling  up  or  removing  such  nuisance. 

Sec.  10.  Every  person  who  may  clear  the  streets  of  any 
matter  before  his  or  her  door,  and  pile  it  up,  shall 
not  make  the  pile  in  the  main  part  of  the  street, or  in  the 
gutters,  but  adjoining  the  gutters,  and  on  a line  between  it 
and  the  main  street,  and  shall  remove  it  within  forty-eight 
hours  ; and  for  every  twenty -four  hours  it  may  remain  be- 
yond that  time,  he  or  she  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of 
one  dollar,  to  be  recovered  before  the  burgess,  with  costs  of 
suit. 

Sec.  11.  It  shall  hereafter  be  the  duty  of  the  street 
supervisors,  if  they  shall  think  any  tree  or  trees  within  the 
bounds  of  the  borough  a nuisance  or  obstruction  in  the 
footways  or  gutters,  to  give  notice  to  the  owner  or  possessor, 
or  owners  or  possessors  in  front  of  whose  premises  such 
tree  or  trees  may  be,  to  remove  the  same,  and  in  case  of  re- 


86 


fusal  or  neglect  for  ten  days  therea'ter  to  comply  with  such 
notice,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street  supervisors  to 
remove  the  same,  and  charge  the  person  or  persons  with 
costs  of  removal,  which  shall  be  recovered  before  the  bur- 
gess in  an  action  of  debt,  with  costs. 

Sec.  12.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  think  him  or 
themselves  aggrieved  by  any  thing  done  in  pursuance  of 
this  ordinance,  he  or  they  may  appeal  withiu  five  days 
after  to  the  council,  by  giving  notice  of  such  appeal  to  the 
/ chairman  of  said  council  within  the  said  five  days,  and  the 
council  shall  give  him  or  them  redress,  if  he  or  they  have 
been  aggrieved  by  the  chairman  of  the  council  calling  the 
council  together  to  hear  and  determine  the  same 

Sec.  13.  Street  supervisors  for  neglect  of  any  duty  placed 
upon  them  by  this  ordinance,  not  otherwise  provided  for, 
shall  pay  for  each  offence  one  dollar,  each  to  be  recovered 
before  ihe  burgess  by  action  of  debt,  for  the  use  of  the  bor- 
ough, with  costs  of  suit. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  August  18,  A.  D.  1845. 

CHAS.  AUG.  LUCKENBACH,  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


LNo.  22.] 

AIsT  ORDINANCE 

Concerning  Horses,  Mules,  Cattle,  Sheep,  Swine,  &c. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  The  street  supervisor  is  hereby  directed  to 
take  up  and  secure  every  horse,  mare,  colt,  horn  cattle, 
sheep  or  swine  found  astray  in  any  of  the  streets,  lanes  or 
alleys  within  the  borough,  and  secure  such  animal,  and  in- 
form the  owner,  if  known , without  delay,  and  if  such 


87 


owner,  known  or  unknown,  does  not  within  three  days 
after,  take  it  away,  and  pay  the  supervisor  one  dollar  for 
each  horse,  mare,  colt  or  mule,  or  fifty  cents  for  each  head 
of  cattle,  sheep  or  swine,  together  with  all  expense  for 
keeping,  he  shall  report  such  default  to  the  burgess,  who 
shall  thereupon  direct  the  supervisor  to  turn  over  such  ani- 
mal or  animals  to  the  secretary,  who  shall  proceed  in  the 
matter  according  to  the  existing  state  laws  in  relation  to 
“ astrays.” 

Sec,  2.  Any  cattle,  sheep  or  swine  allowed  by  the  own* 
ers  to  roam  the  streets,  alleys  and  lanes,  either  for  pastur- 
ing or  otherwise,  shall  be  proreeded  against  in  the  same 
manner  as  is  directed  in  the  foregoing  section  in  regard  to 
strays,  anu  the  owners  be  further  subjected  to  any  damages 
for  trespass,  recoverable  under  existing  laws. 

Sec.  3.  All  existing  ordinances  heretofore  passed  in  re- 
lation to  strays  or  cattle  running  at  large,  are  heieby  re- 
pealed. 

Enacted  as  a supplement  to  the  aforesaid  ordinance  and 
passed  at  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  July  24,  A.  D.  1860. 

IRA  CORTRXGHT  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  23.] 

AN  ORDINANCE. 

To  Establish  a Board  of  Health,  and  to  Brotect  the  Health 
of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  ; 

Section  1.  A committee  of  health,  consisting  of  three 
citizens  of  the  borough,  shall  be  appointed  by  council, 
which  committee,  with  two  practicing  physicians  of  the 
borough,  shall  constitute  and  be  called  the  Board  of  Health 


88 


of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem.  They  shall  elect  their  presi- 
dent from  the  board,  and  the  town  clerk  shall  he  the  clerk 
of  the  board. 

Sec.  2.  They  shall  from  time  to  time  appoint  a compe- 
tent person  as  health  inspector,  who  shall  perform  the 
duties  imposed  upon  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  borough, 
and  shall  receive  such  compensation  for  his  services  as  the 
borough  council  may  determine. 

Sec.  3.  The  Board  of  Health  shall  meet  at  such  time 
and  places  as  they  may  deem  proper,  and  shall  keep  a 
jounal  of  their  proceedings.  They  shall  have  power  and  it 
shall  be  their  duty — 1.  To  make  or  direct  to  be  made  dili- 
gent inquiry  with  respect  to  nuisances  of  every  description, 
which  are  or  may  be  injurious  to  the  public  health,  and  to 
abate  the  same  in  any  way  or  manner  they  may  deem  expe- 
dient. 2.  To  stop,  detain  and  examine,  and  to  direct  to  be 
stopped,  detained  or  examined,  for  the  purpose  of  prevent- 
ing any  pestilential  or  infectious  disease  in  the  borough, 
any  person  coming  from  any  place  infected  or  believed  to  be 
infected  with  such  disease.  3.  To  cause  any  person  who 
shall  be  suspected  of  being  infected  with  any  such  disease, 
and  who  is  not  an  inhabitant  of  this  place,  to  be  sent  to  the 
poor  house  of  Northampton  county.  4.  To  cause  any  resi- 
dent of  this  borough  infected  with  any  such  disease  to  be 
removed  to  said  hospital,  if  any  two  practicing  physicians 
of  this  borough,  including  the  attending  physician  of  the 
said  sick  person,  shall  certify  in  writing  that  the  removal 
of  such  resident  is  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  the 
public  health.  5 .\ To  remove  from  the  borough,  cause  to 
be  disinfected  or  destroyed,  any  furniture,  wearing  apparel, 
or  goods  or  articles,  or  property  of  any  kind,  which  shall  be 
suspected  to  be  tainted  or  infected  with  pestilence,  or 
which  shall  be  likely  to  pass  into  such  a state  as  to  generate 
or  propagate  disease.  6.  Every  person  who  shall  be  served 
with  a copy  of  any  order  made  by  the  Board  of  Health  and 
certified  by  the  clerk,  under  the  powers  conferred  by  this 
section,  and  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  obey  or  comply  with 


L 


89 


the  same,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  rive  nor  more 
than  twenty-live  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  practicing  physicians 
of  the  borough  from  time  to  time  to  report  to  the  Board  of 
Health  in  relation  to  the  health  of  the  borough,  and  to  pro- 
pose such  measures  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  betaken 
by  the  board  for  the  protection  and  maintenance  of  the 
same,  and  especially  in  relation  to  the  introduction  and 
spread  of  any  infectious  or  pestilential  disease. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Health  Inspector— 1 . 
To  ascertain  every  nuisance  which  may  exist  in  the  bor- 
ough, and  forthwith  report  the  same  in  writing  to  the  presi- 
dent or  the  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Health.  2.  To  enter 
upon  the  premises  and  into  the  house  of  every  person  in  the 
borough  as  ofteu  as  he  shall  deem  necessary  or  the  Board  of 
Health  shall  order,  to  examine  into  the  health,  cleanliness 
and  number  of  persons  inhabiting  such  house  and  inspect 
the  cellar,  vaults,  privies  and  sewers  on  such  premises.  3. 
To  execute  the  orders  and  resolutions  of  the  Board  of 
Health  in  such  manner  as  they  shall  direct. 

Sec.  6.  The  hospital  at  the  Northampton  county  poor 
house  is  hereby  declared  the  hospital  referred  to  in  the 
third  section  of  this  ordinance  ; and  the  Board  of  Health 
are  hereby  authorized  to  employ  such  and  so  many  nurses 
for  the  persons  sent  to  the  said  hospital  by  their  order,  and 
to  procure  such  food,  articles  and  necessaries  for  their  use 
as  they  may  deem  proper,  at  the  expense  of  the  borough. 
In  a case  of  emergency,  or  during  the  existence  of  any  in- 
fectious or  pestilential  disease  in  the  borough,  the  borough 
council  shall  establish  any  temporary  hospital.  All  the 
provisions  of  the  foregoing  sections  of  this  ordinance  shall 
be  deemed  to  apply  to  such  temporary  hospital. 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  health  inspector,  under 
the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Health,  to  order  the  owners 
or  occupants  of  any  lot,  house,  building,  shed,  cellar  or 
place  wherein  may  be  carried  on  any  business  or  calling,  or 
in  and  upon  which  there  may  exist  any  matter  or  thing 


90 


which  is  or  may  be  detrimental  to  the  health  of  the  inhabi- 
tants, to  cleanse,  abate  or  remove  the  same  from  time  to 
time,  as  often  as  they  may  deem  Decessary  for  the  health  of 
the  borough ; any  person  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to 
obey  such  or  er  shall  forfeit  and  pay  twenty  dollars  for 
every  twenty- four  hours  during  which  he  shall  so  neglect 
or  refuse. 

Sec.  8.  Whenever  the  Board  of  Health  shall  deem  it 
advisable,  for  the  public  health  of  the  borough,  forthwith 
to  abate  or  remove  any  nuisance,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
health  inspector,  under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of 
Health,  to  cause  the  same  to  be  abated  or  removed  without 
delay,  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  lot 
or  premises  upon  which  the  same  may  exist. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  health  inspector 
forthwith,  after  the  abatement  or  removal  by  him  of  any 
nuisance  as  aforesaid,  to  report  in  writing  the  name  of  the 
owner  or  owners,  occupant  or  occupants  of  the  lot  or  lots 
or  premises  upon  which  the  same  existed  and  the  expenses 
of  the  abatement  or  removal  of  such  nuisance  to  the  bur- 
gess or  town  clerk,  and  in  case  of  the  refusal  or  neglect  of 
the  owner  or  owners,  occupant  or  occupants,  as  aforesaid, 
to  pay  such  expense,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  burgess  or 
town  clerk  to  collect  the  same  by  suit  oi*  otherwise,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  penalty  incurred  by  such  person  or  persons. 

Sec.  10.  Every  physician  or  person  acting  as  such,  who 
shall  have  any  patient  within  the  limits  of  the  borough  sick 
with  the  small  pox  or  varioloid,  or  other  infectious  or  pesti- 
lential disease,  shall  forthwith  report  the  fact  to  the  Board 
of  Health  or  to  the  president  or  clerk  of  said  board,  to- 
gether with  the  name  of  said  patient,  and  the  street  and 
number  of  the  house  where  such  patient  is  treated,  and  in 
default  of  so  doing  shall  forfeit  and  pay  fifty  dollars  for 
each  and  every  offense. 

Sec.  11.  No  physiciau  or  persou  acting  as  such,  or  other 
person,  shall  perform  the  operation  of  inoculation  for  the 
introduction  of  the  small  pox  within  the  limits  of  this  bor- 


91 


ough,  under  the  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  every 
such  offence. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance,  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  May  1,  A.  D.  1866. 

CHAS.  F.  BECKEL,  Burgess. 
Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  24.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

To  Prevent  Disorderly  Conduct,  and  to  Provide  for  Sum- 
mary Arrests,  &c. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  ; 

Section  1.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  behave  iu 
a disorderly  manner,  by  insulting  any  person  or  persons 
passing  the  streets,  or  make  use  of  improper  and  indecent 
language,  or  profanely  curse  or  swear,  or  interrupt  the 
passage,  or  when  in  a state  of  intoxication  disturbs  the 
peace  and  becomes  an  annoyance  to  peaceable  citizens, 
every  such  person  or  persons  shall  be  immediately  put  un- 
der arrest  by  any  policeman  or  constable  of  the  borough 
and  taken  to  the  borough  lockup,  and  kept  there  no  less  than 
five  nor  more  than  forty-eight  hours,  and  shall  in  each  case 
suffer  a fine  of  not  exceeding  $5  aud  costs,  to  be  recovered 
before  the  burgess  for  the  use  of  the  borough,  and  in  de- 
fault of  payment  of  such  fines  and  costs,  the  said  burgess 
shall  recommit  such  offender  or  ofienders  to  the  said  lockup 
not  exceeding  forty- eight  hours.  Provided,  That  if  such 
arrest  be  made  on  Sunday  or  in  the  night  time  no  hearing 
shall  be  had  before  the  burgess  until  the  following 
morning. 

Sec.  2.  All  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith  be  and  are 
hereby  repealed. 


92 


Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  September  25,  A.  D.  1871. 

AMBROSE  J.  ERWIN,  Burgess. 
Samuel  Beunnek,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  25.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

For  regulating  the  distribution  of  water  in  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  assessing  aud  collecting  taxes,  and  the  rents 
thereof,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  burgess  and  council  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem,  in  the  county  of  Northampton,  and  it  is 
hereby  ordained  : 

Section  1.  That  the  said  council  aud  water  commis- 
sioners of  the  said  borough  are  ready  to  enter  into  contracts 
with  any  person  or  corporation  who  may  desire  the  use  of 
the  water  supplied  by  the  said  borough  from  their  water 
works,  under  such  general  and  equal  regulations  as  fitting 
the  occasion  may  be  established,  aud  at  such  rents  as  shall 
be  fixed  upon  by  the  said  council  and  water  commissioners. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  rents  for  the  use  of  the  water  and  the 
protection  tax,  unless  otherwise  herein  provided  for,  shall 
be  payable  annually,  between  the  first  day  of  June  and  the 
first  day  of  October,  to  the  borough  treasurer  ; all  taxes  or 
rents  remaining  unpaid  on  the  duplicate  on  the  first  day  of 
October  in  each  year,  shall  be  subject  to  an  addition  of  five 
per  cent.,  the  said  duplicate  or  duplicates  then  to  be  placed 
in  the  hands  of  one  or  more  collectors  to  be  appointed  by 
the  said  council,  who  shall  proceed  to  collect  the  same  until 
the  first  day  of  January  following  as  taxes  are  now  col- 
lected by  law,  and  it  shall  be  his  or  their  duty,  on  the  first 
day  of  January  of  each  and  every  year,  to  report  in  writing 
to  the  council  and  water  commissioners,  all  delinquents  on 
his  or  their  duplicates,  and  to  make  oath  or  affirmation  to 
be  written  in  ttje  said  report,  and  to  be  signed  with  his  name 
and  that  of  the  magistrate  by  whom  the  same  shall  be  ad- 


ministered,  that  he  or  they,  the  said  collector  or  collectors, 
has  or  have  demanded  payment  of  the  said  rent  or  taxes 
from  the  person  residing  on  the  premises  or  owning  the 
estate  charged  therewith,  and  hath  or  have  not  received  the 
same  or  any  part  thereof  ; and  the  said  council  and  water 
commissioners  shall  immediately  give  notice  in  writing  of 
tire  amount  of  the  rent  or  taxes  due  by  them  respectively, 
and  that  unless  the  said  rents  or  taxes  so  in  arrears  shall  be 
paid  before  the  expiration  ot  thirty  days  thereafter,  they 
will  be  deprived  of  the  use  of  the  water,  and  that  suit  will 
be  instituted  for  the  rents  and  taxes  due,  as  well  as  for  the 
charges  of  detaching  the  ferrules  from  the  pipe  of  conduit 
and  the  expense  of  repairing  on  the  water  pipe  ; and  on  the 
failure  of  the  delinquents  to  make  the  required  payments, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  council  and  water  commissioners 
forthwith  to  cause  the  ferrules  of  all  such  delinquents  to  be 
detached  from  the  pipes  of  conduit,  and  cause  suits  to  be  in- 
stituted for  the  recovery  of  the  rents  or  taxes  so  due,  as  well 
as  for  the  charges  of  detaching  the  ferrules  from  the  pipe  of 
conduit  and  the  expenses  of  repairing  on  the  water  pipe. 

Sec.  3.  That  when  any  person  or  persons,  who  shall 
contract  for  a supply  of  said  water,  shall  sell  or  remove 
from  the  premises  so  contracted  to  be  supplied,  all  such 
person  or  persons  shall  on  both  or  either  events  happening, 
and  at  the  time  they  may  so  happen,  give  notice  in  writing 
to  the  council  of  their  removal  from  the  said  premises,  or 
ot  the  sale  thereof,  and  insert  in  the  said  notice  the  name  or 
names  of  the  holders  or  occupi  rs  of  the  said  premises  after 
them  ; and,  on  their  failure  to  give  such  notice,  the  person 
or  persons  in  whose  names  the  contract  for  said  water  is 
entered  in  the  register  of  water  rents,  shall  be  deemed  and 
taken  to  be  still  parties  to  the  said  contracts,  and  chargeable 
with  the  rents  or  taxes,  due  and  to  become  due,  for  the  same 
and  liable  to  be  sued  therefor. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  said  treasurer  or  collector,  at  the  time 
of  demanding  or  receiving  any  water  rents,  shall  produce 
the  duplicate  list  of  water  rents  containing  the  rent  so  de 


94 


ruanded  or  received,  and  immediately  on  the  receipt  there- 
of, in  the  presence  of  the  person  paying,  write  the  word 
“paid’*  thereon,  opposite  the  name  of  the  person  by  or  for 
whom  the  rent  is  paid  ; and  in  case  the  said  collector  shall 
neglect  to  produce  his  duplicate,  and  to  make  an  eutry 
therein  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  such 
neglect  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  at  the 
discretion  of  the  magistrate. 

Sec.  5.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  water  commis- 
sioners, and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  requested  from 
time  to  time  to  inspect  and  examine  the  duplicates  of  water 
rents  and  taxes  which  may  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the 
treasurer,  collector  or  collectors  for  collection  , and  report 
to  council  the  delinquency,  if  any,  of  said  treasurer,  col- 
lector or  collectors  in  said  duties,  to  be  acted  upon  by  them 
as  they  may  deem  advisable. 

Sec.  6.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  contract 
for  a supply  of  the  water,  shall  cause  the  pipe  conducting 
the  same  to  be  of  sufficient  strength,  and  shall  also  have  a 
stop  cock  affixed  thereto,  within  the  limits  of  the  foot  pave- 
ment or  walk  at  the  distance  of  twelve  inches  from  the  curb 
or  gutter,  to  prevent  accident  from  the  leakiug  of  the  said 
pipe  ; and  every  person  who  may  be  supplied  with  the  water 
from  a branch  connected  with  a private  pipe,  shall  have  a 
sufficient  stop  cock  affixed  to  the  same  branch  as  near  as 
conveniently  may  be  to  the  private  pipe  aforesaid,  so  as  to 
stop  the  supply  of  water  through  the  said  branch  when 
requisite,  and  not  interrupt  the  suppl>  of  water  to  other 
persons  having  a right  to  use  the  pipe  with  which  such 
connection  may  be  formed,  and  every  person  who  may  be 
supplied  with  water  from  a private  pipe,  or  having  a branch 
or  branches  connected  therewith  as  aforesaid,  shall  each  in 
a like  manner  have  a sufficient  stop  cock  affixed  to  such 
private  pipe,  above  the  said  branch  or  branches  for  the  pur- 
pose aforesaid,  and  in  case  of  ueglect.  or  refusal  to  comply 
with  each  or  any  of  the  aforesaid  requirements,  every  per- 
son so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding 
ten  dollars. 


Sec.  7.  To  every  stop  cock  placed  in  manner  directed 
and  specified  in  the  sixth  section  of  the  ordinance,  there 
shall  be  left  an  opening  of  at  least  four  inches  square  or 
round  of  that  diameter,  which  shall  be  protected  with  an 
iron  stop  cock  box,  and  securely  covered  with  the  same 
kind  of  material  in  such  a manner  as  that  the  said  stop 
cock  may  be  readily  distinguished,  which  covering  wherever 
placed  shall  be  even  with  the  surrounding  pavement  or 
level  with  the  surface;  and  if  the  owuer  or  occupier  of  any 
building,  lot  of  ground,  or  premises,  into  which  the  water 
may  have  been  introduced,  shall  neglect  to  comply  with 
this  provision  or  shall  suffer  such  opening  if  in  any  street 
or  alley  to  remain  uncovered,  he,  she,  or  they  so  offending 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each  offence  a sum  not  exceeding 
ten  dollars. 

Sec.  8.  That  if  any  person  entrusted  with  the  spanners 
of  the  fire  plugs,  or  others,  shall  open  the  same  on  any  oc- 
casion whatever  except  at  the  request  or  permission  of  a 
member  of  the  council  or  water  commissioners,  or  in  case 
of  a fire  in  the  neighborhood,  and  if  the  person  or  persons 
entrusted  with  the  spanners  of  the  fire  plugs  shall  neglect 
or  refuse  to  shut  the  same  as  soon  as  the  fire  is  extinguished, 
or  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  wilfully,  negligently  or 
carelessly  injure  the  pipes  of  conduit,  the  hydrants  or  fire 
plugs,  or  any  other  device  connected  with  the  pipes  iu  the 
street,  he,  she,  or  they  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a 
sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  9.  That  if  any  plumber,  or  other  person  shall, 
without  a written  permit  from  the  water  commissioners,  in- 
troduce a ferrule  into  any  public  or  private  pipe,  or  form 
any  connection  or  communication  whatever  with  said  pipes, 
or  break  ground  for  that  or  any  other  similar  purpose,  in  the 
public  streets  or  alleys,  or  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  in- 
troduce or  use  a ferrule  of  a larger  diameter  than  is  specified 
in  his,  or  their  permits,  he,  she,  or  they  so  offending,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  for  each  and  every  such  offence  a sum  not 
exceeding  ten  dollars,  and  for  every  day’s  continuance  of 


96 


the  use  of  such  pipes,  after  conviction,  the  further  sum  of 
one  dollar. 

Sec.  10.  That  all  plumbers,  or  other  persons  who  may 
be  employed  to  lay  branch  pipes,  connections  with  private 
pipes,  having  a branch  or  branches  as  aforesaid,  or  to  alter 
or  repair  such  branch  pipes  or  private  pipes  as  aforesaid, 
are  hereby  required  to  affix  to  such  branch  pipes  and  pri- 
vate pipes  sufficient  stop  cocks,  with  proper  openings  to  the 
same,  constructed  and  covered  as  mentioned  and  directed 
in  the  seventh  section  of  this  ordinance,  under  the  penalty 
of  five  dollars  for  every  neglect. 

Sec.  11.  That  whenever  an  attachment  of  a private  pipe 
is  required  to  be  made  to  the  iron  main,  notice  thereof  shall 
be  given  to  the  water  commissioners  one  day  at  least  pre- 
vious to  breaking  the  ground  for  that  purpose  ; and  the 
water  commissioners  shall  provide  and  furnish  a ferrule  of 
the  size  for  which  a permit  has  been  granted,  and  shall  ap- 
point some  person  to  shut  off  the  water,  to  drill  the  open- 
ing into  said  iron  main,  and  insert  therein  said  ferrule  ; 
and  the  sum  of  two  dollars  as  a compensation  for  said  fer- 
rule and  service  shall  be  paid  to  the  water  commissioners 
before  said  service  shall  be  performed  ; and  any  plumber  or 
other  person  not  appointed  as  aforesaid,  who  shall  drill  or 
make  any  opening  or  insertion  into  said  iron  main,  shall  be 
fined  in  a sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars. 

Sec.  12.  That  all  private  pipes,  conveying  the  water 
shall  be  laid  of  the  same  depth  as  the  public  main  in  the 
street,  not  less  than  four  feet  from  said  main  to  the  stop 
cock  of  said  private  pipe  on  the  foot  pavements  or  walks  ; 
and  any  plumber,  or  other  person,  employed  in  laying  such 
private  pipes,  shall,  for  each  neglect  of  the  provision  here- 
in contained,  be  fined  a sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars,  and 
be  liable  for  the  expense  incurred  in  taking  up  and  relaying 
said  private  pipes  of  the  required  depths. 

Sec.  13.  That  the  water  commissioners  be  and  are  hereby 
authorized  and  required  to  inquire  at  any  dwelling  or  other 
place  where  any  unnecessary  waste  of  water  proceeds,  into 

M 


97 


the  cause  of  such  waste,  and  if  they  cannot  discover  and 
prevent  the  same,  owing  to  opposition  of  the  owner  or  oc- 
cupier of  said  dwelling  or  other  place,  they  shall  forthwith 
give  notice  to  the  burgess  of  the  person  in  whose  inclosures 
the  said  waste  shall  be  discovered  that  he,  she,  or  they  so 
offending  may  he  dealt  with  as  is  provided  by  this  ordi- 
nance; and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 
examine  any  ferrule  or  pipe  which  may  be  suspected  of 
being  a larger  diameter  than  is  specified  in  the  permit  ; and 
if  any  person  or  persons  shall  refuse  to  suffer  such  exami 
nation,  or  oppose  or  obstruct  said  officers  in  the  execution 
of  their  duty,  he,  she,  or  they  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  for  each  and  every  offence  a sum  not  exceeding  ten 
dollars. 

Sec.  14.  That  the  water  commissioners,  the  collector  of 
water  rents,  or  any  person  acting  under  an  order  of  the 
council,  shall  be  and  are  authorized  and  empowered  to  in- 
quire at  any  dwelling  or  place  whence  any  necessary  waste 
of  water  proceeds,  into  the  cause  of  the  same,  and  if  the 
, said  waste  proceed  from  want  of  repair  in  the  pipe  or  other 
fixtures  ; and  if  the  owner  or  occupier  of  such  dwelling  or 
place  shall  neglect  or  refuse,  upon  notice  being  given , to  have 
the  necessary  repairs  made  forthwith,  the  water  commis- 
sioners, acting  under  the  order  of  council,  shall  be  and  are 
authorized  and  empowered  to  shut  off  the  water  leading  to 
such  place  or  dwelling,  and  any  person  who  shall  let  on  the 
water,  before  the  necessary  repairs  are  made,  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  15.  That  if  any  person  shall  permit  the  water  to 
flow  unnecessarily  from  any  part  of  a private  pipe,  or  the 
fixtures  thereof,  of  his.  her,  or  their  premises,  or  the  pre- 
mises by  him,  her  or  them  occupied,  either  within  a build- 
ing or  enclosure,  or  any  street  or  alley,  such  person  shall 
forfeit  for  each  offence  a sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars  ; 
and  in  all  cases  where  several  persons  receive  a supply  of 
water  by  branches,  hydrants  or  other  fixtures  uniting  with 
a private  common  pipe,  each  and  every  person  who  may  so 


98 


receive  the  water  shall  be  bound  to  keep  such  common  pipe 
in  repair,  and  in  case  of  waste  by  leak  or  leaks  therefrom, 
shall  be  severally  liable  for  the  penalty  above  inflicted  ; 
and  if  at  any  time  it  shall  be  necessary  to  repair  a private 
pipe  within  the  limits  of  any  street  or  alley,  a permit  shall 
be  first  taken  for  so  doing  and  ttie  expense  of  repairing  paid 
by  the  person  so  taking  the  water,  under  the  penalty  of  a 
sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  neglect. 

Sec.  16.  That  if  any  person  other  than  those  who  may 
be  actual  occupiers  of  a building,  lot  of  ground,  or  pre- 
mises, into  or  for  the  particular  accommodation  of  which, 
according  to  the  permit  issued  the  water  may  have  been  in- 
troduced, shall  resort  to  any  hydrant  or  pump,  and  use  the 
water  therefrom  without  a regular  permit  from  the  water 
commissioners,  such  persons  so  offending  shall  forfeit  for 
each  offence  and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding  one  dollar  and 
costs  ; and  the  occupier  of  any  hydrant  or  pump  shall  for 
every  time  he  or  she  permits  the  use  of  his  or  her  hydrant  or 
pump  to  auy  person  disconnected  from  their  families  who 
hold  no  permit,  upon  convictiou,  pay  a like  sum. 

Sec.  17.  That  each  and  every  fine,  forfeiture  and  penalty 
imposed  by  this  ordinance  shall  and  may  be  sued  for  and 
recovered  with  costs  of  suit  before  the  burgess  or  any  jus 
tice  of  the  peace  of  the  said  borough,  and  that  in  suits  or 
prosecutions  under  this  ordinance,  the  person  suing  shall  be 
a competent  witness.  The  burgess  in  all  cases  to  impose 
and  recover  the  same  rates  of  costs  as  are  recoverable  by  a 
justice  of  the  peace. 

Sec.  18.  The  water  commissioners  shall  grant  permits  as 
is  hereinafter  provided,  and,  in  case  of  necessity,  to  enter 
in  and  upon  the  premises  of  individals  or  receive  the  report 
of  such  person  or  persons  who  may  be  appointed  for  that 
purpose  by  the  council,  to  ascertain  whether  there  is  a 
proper  application  of  the  water,  according  to  the  contract, 
or  is  an  unnecessary  waste  of  water,  or  for  any  other  pur- 
pose connected  with  the  interest  of  the  water  works,  so  as  to 
enable  the  said  water  commissioners  to  carry  into  effect  the 


99 


la/ws  of  the  borough  ordained  for  the  protection  of  the  bor- 
ough property,  and  preventing  a waste  of  water,  or  levying 
a sufficient  sum  for  the  use  of  the  water  ; the  said  water 
commissioners  shall  frequently  visit  the  water  house,  reser- 
voir, tank,  reservoir  or  tank  . grounds,  and  examine  the 
same,  together  with  the  engine,  pipes,  stop  cocks  and  fire 
plugs,  and  cause  any  ordinary  repairs  to  be  made,  and  also 
to  report  to  council  the  probable  and  estimated  expenses 
which  will  be  required  for  the  year  to  pay  the  engineer  and 
superintendent,  or  such  employees  as  they  may  require,  and 
keep  the  engine  in  fuel,  oil,  &c.,  including  a sufficient  sum 
for  all  repairs  to  the  water  house,  engine,  reservoir,  tauk, 
reservoir  or  tank  grounds,  pipes  and  fire  plugs  ; such  report 
to  contain  each  item  of  repair  separate. 

Sec.  19.  That  the  council  and  water  commissioner,  shall 
hereafter  elect  by  ballot,  whenever  they  shall  deem  it  neces- 
sary, such  person  or  persons  as  superintendent  or  superin- 
tendents under  them,  to  discharge  such  duties  as  shall  be 
enjoined  upon  them  by  the  council  and  water  commissioners, 
and  receive  such  compensation  as  the  council  shall  think 
just  and  reasonable  ; said  superintendent  or  superintendents 
to  be  subject  to  removal  whenever  said  council  and  water 
commissioners  may  deem  expedient. 

Sec.  20.  That  auy  person  or  persons  who  may  be  per- 
mitted by  the  council  and  water  commissioners  to  use  water 
from  the  public  pipe  for  sprinkliug  the  streets  in  the 
borough  shall  be  required,  before  using  such  water, 
to  enter  into  a bond  of  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars 
with  approved  security,  by  the  council  for  the  weekly  or 
monthly  payment  of  all  moneys  for  water  used  for  said 
purpose,  and  for  any  and  all  damages  that  may  result  by  such 
person  or  persons  injuring  the  fire  plugs  or  any  other  ap 
paratus  or  fixtures  belonging  to  the  water  works,  and  said 
persons  shall  stop  using  the  water  whenever  requested  by 
the  council  and  water  commissioners  under  the  penalty  of 
twenty-five  dollars  for  refusing  so  to  do. 

Sec.  21.  That  hereafter  no  person  or  persons  shall  attach 


101 


a hose  to  their  pavement  washer,  or  to* their  pipe  of  conduit, 
and  sprinkle  the  street  with  the  same,  except  having  first 
obtained  permission  from  the  water  commissioners  under 
a penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  22.  That  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  it  shall 
not  be  lawful  for  any  plumber  or  other  person  to  locate  or 
place  any  hydrant  or  pump  on  the  pavement,  or  on  the  out- 
side of  any  inclosed  lot  of  grouud  or  premises  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  which  the  water  may  be  introduced. 

Sec.  23.  That  any  p1  umber  or  other  person  who  sh^ll  vio- 
late the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  section,  shall  be  fined  in 
any  sum  uot  exceeding  ten  dollars  nor  less  than  five  dol- 
lars ; and  further  shall  be  liable  to  pay  all  the  costs  and  ex- 
penses incident  to  the  removal  of  any  hydrant  or  pump  that 
may  be  located  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  fore- 
going section  of  this  ordinance,  which  fine,  together  with 
costs  and  expenses,  shall  be  recovered  before  the  burgess  or 
any  justice  of  the  peace  of  said  borough,  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  debts  of  like  amount  are  now  by  law  recoverable. 

Sec.  24.  That  hereafter  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any 
person  to  use  the  water  from  the  public  or  private  pipes 
for  building  purposes  of  any  kind  without  first  having  ob- 
tained from  the  council  and  water  commissioners  a permit 
for  that  purpose,  who  shall  assess  the  fee  or  charge  for  the 
use  of  the  water  in  accordance  to  the  price  list  furnished 
them  by  the  council  and  water  commissioners,  and  any  per- 
son or  persons  who  shall  use  the  water  without  first  having 
obtained  such  permit,  shall,  for  each  and  every  offence  be 
fined  in  any  sum  uot  exceeding  ten  dollars  and  the  costs  of 
suit. 

Sec.  25.  That  the  council  shall  appoint  a collector  or 
collectors,  as  per  sectiou  two  of  this  ordinance,  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  collect  the  unpaid  water  rents  and  taxes,  who 
shall  be  allowed  such  compensation  lor  his  services  in  col- 
lecting said  water  rents  and  taxes,  and  paying  the  same 
over  to  the  borough  treasurer,  as  shall  be  fixed  upon  by  the 
council  ; and  the  said  collector  or  collectors  shall,  before 


101 


entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  office,  with  such  sureties 
as  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  council,  give  a bond  to  the 
burgess  and  council  of  the  borough  of  Bethlehem,  for  the 
benefit  of  said  borough  in  a penalty  of  double  the  amount 
of  his  or  their  duplicate,  conditioned  that  he  or  th<-*y  will 
well  and  faithfully  pay  to  the  treasurer,  at  the  time  and  in 
the  manner  hereafter  prescribed,  all  the  water  rents  or 
taxes  he  or  they  shall  have  collected,  and  that  he  or  they 
shall  faithfully  do  and  perform  all  the  duties  enjoined  on 
him  or  them  by  this  ordinance  ; the  borough  treasurer  also 
to  give  a bond  and  security  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his 
duties. 

Sec.  26.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  may  desire  to 
contract  for  a supply  of  the  water  from  the  borough  water 
works  shall  make  their  application  to  the  water  commis- 
sioners, setting  forth  a description  of  the  house  and  pre- 
mises applied  for,  the  number  of  the  family  to  be  supplied, 
or  if  for  any  other  purpose,  to  describe  the  object  for  which 
the  water  is  to  be  used,  so  as  to  enable  the  water  commis- 
sioners to  ascertain  the  quantity  required;  and  upon  said 
application  the  water  commissioners  shall  make  an  entry  of 
the  name  of  the  applicant,  together  with  a description  of 
the  premises  owned  or  occupied  by  him,  or  her,  in  a book  to 
be  by  them  kept  for  that  purpose  ; and  at  the  same  time 
shall  fix  and  enter  the  price  for  the  quantity  of  water  so 
used  or  required  ; and  shall  through  their  chairman,  or  a 
majority  of  the  commissioners,  give  to  the  applicant  a cer- 
tificate, setting  forth  the  name  of  the  applicant  or  owner, 
the  description  of  the  premises  and  the  rate  and  price  of 
the  water  by  them  offered  to  the  same,  whereupon  the  said 
applicant  shall  present  said  certificate  to  the  borough 
treasurer,  and  pay  over  to  him  the  amount  so  fixed  by  the 
council  and  water  commissioners  (“  If  the  said  water  is  to 
be  used  for  building  or  other  temporary  purposes  ; but  in  all 
other  cases  the  said  rents,  taxes  or  charges  are  to  be  entered 
upon  the  tax  duplicate  ”),  together  with  the  price  of  the 
ferrule  and  permit  for  the  introduction  of  said  water  ; and 
upon  the  payment  of  the  same,  the  said  treasurer  shall  give 


Mm  or  her  a receipt,  setting  forth  the  name  of  the  appli- 
cant  or  owner  of  the  premises,  descvibiug  the  same,  to- 
gether with  the  amount  by  him  or  her  paid.  All  of  which 
the  said  treasu  er  shall  enter  in  a book  by  him  to  he  kept 
for  that  purpose  ; and  the  said  applicant,  upon  payment  of 
the  water  rent,  ferrule  and  permit  as  aforesaid  to  the  tr  as- 
urer  shall  receive  from  him  a receipt  for  the  payment  of 
the  same,  as  also  a description  of  the  premises  which  he 
shall  deliver  t a the  clerk  of  the  council,  who  shall  forth- 
with make  out  and  deliver  to  him  a permit  for  the  use  of 
the  water,  together  with  a ferrule  for  the  introduction  of  the 
same,  all  of  which  the  said  clerk  shall  enter  in  a book  by 
the  council  kept  for  that  purpose  ; and  shall  at  the  same 
time  in  said  book  take  a receipt  from  said  applicant  for  the 
ferrule  and  permit ; and  the  said  treasurer  shall  make  out 
aud  deliver  to  the  couucil,  at  the  end  of  every  quarter,  a 
return  of  all  moneys  so  paid  to  him  by  individuals  or 
otherwise  upon  certificates  from  the  water  commissioners 
and  place  the  same  at  the  end  of  each  quarter  into  the 
treasury  of  the  water  works,  to  be  accounted  for  by  said 
treasurer  at  the  end  of  each  year  in  the  settlement  of  his 
yearly  account. 

Sec.  27.  Tuat  the  said  water  commissioners  shall  keep 
a book  upon  which  they  shall  enter  all  applications  for  the 
use  of  the  water,  and  enter  therein  the  names  and  resi- 
dences of  all  applicants,  and  the  terms  upon  which  permits 
are  granted. 

Sec.  28.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  willfully, 
negligently  or  carelessly  injure  the  pipes  of  conduit,  the 
hydrants  or  pumps,  fire  plugs,  or  any  other  device  con- 
nected with  the  pipes  in  the  streets,  or  open  the  same  so  as 
to  occasion  a wanton  and  willful  waste  of  the  said  water  or 
inconvenience  or  damage  to  the  citizen,  or  shall  suffer  the 
said  water  to  flow  unnecessarily  from  his,  her  or  their 
dwelling  or  enclosures,  or  use  the  same,  except  for  culinary 
or  other  necessary  purposes,  he,  she  or  they  so  offending, 
shall  forfeit  and  pay,  for  any  such  offence,  a sum  not  ex- 
ceeding fifty  dollars. 


105 


Sec.  29.  That  hereafter  all  pipes  of  conduit  to  be  put  down 
by  the  borough  for  supplying  its  citizens  with  water  shall  be 
•of  such  size  as  the  council  and  water  commissioners  may 
•determine  upon. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  in  town  council  this  eleventh 
day  of  October,  A.  D.  1871. 

AMBROSE  J.  ERWIN,  Burgess. 

Attest  : Samuel  Bruxner,  Town  Clerk. 


(No.  26.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

Relating  to  Chief  Engineer,  Assistants  and  Fire  Apparatus 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the -citizens  of  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby 
enacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  That  the  several  engine,  hose  and  hook  and 
ladder  companies  of  this  borough  shall  constitute  “The 
Bethlehem  Fire  Department.”  That  the  said  companies 
shall  severally,  at.  their  stated  meetings  held  before  the 
third  Saturday  in  July,  elect  three  delegates,  the  delegates 
to  meet  in  joint  convention  on  the  third  Saturday  in  July, 
and  elect  by  ballot  one  man  to  serve  as  chief  engineer  for 
the  term  of  one  year.  The  burgess  and  two  members  of 
towu  council  to  be  present  at  the  said  meeting,  and  hold 
the  election.  In  esse  the  chief  engineer  thus  elected  is  a 
member  of  any  of  the  fire  companies,  he  must  resign  from 
the  said  company  at  once. 

Sec.  2,  Each  company  belonging  to  the  fire  department 
at  their  next  stated  or  special  meeting,  after  the  election 
of  chief  engineer,  are  to  elect  one  of  their  members  to  act 
as  assistant  engineer  for  the  term  of  oue  year. 

Sec.  3.  The  election  of  the  assistant  engineers  by  the 
companies  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  town  council, 
and  the  chief  engineer  shall  remove  any  or  all  of  his  assist- 
ants upon  a resolution  of  a vote  of  two-thirds  of  towu  coun* 


104 


ci I,  and  if  at  any  time  it  should  appear  to  be  policy  or  ex- 
pedient to  remove  the  chief  engineer,  council  shall  have 
power  to  remove  him  by  a vote  of  two-thirds  ; or  should  a 
vacancy  occur  by  death , resignation  or  removal  from  the 
borough,  council  shall  immediately  order  an  election  to  fill 
The  vacancy  for  the  unexpired  term. 

Sec.  4.  The  chief  engineer  shall  at  all  times  have  full 
control  of  the  engines,  hose  ai  d hose  carriages,  hooks,  lad- 
ders and  fire  apparatus  generally  in  case  of  fire,  and  give 
general  directions  how,  when  and  where  to  use  them,  where 
the  hose  shall  be  attached,  to  place  the  engines,  direct  the 
streams  and  order  the  hose  to  the  several  engines,  and  shall 
have  a general  supervision  of  the  fire  apparatus  ; he  shall 
also  have  free  access  thereto  at  all  times  for  the  purpose  of 
inspection,  and  shall  report  to  council  the  condition  thereof, 
and  shall  as  often  as  may  be  found  necessary,  recommend  to 
council  the  propriety  of  such  repairs  to  the  fire  apparatus, 
the  charge  of  buildings  and  such  other  improvements  as  he 
may  think  necessary  to  promote  and  improve  the  service. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  engineer  to  direct  special 
attention  to  the  fire  plugs  of  the  borough,  to  guard  against 
the  freezing  of  the  same,  and  to  report  to  council  a»y  neces- 
sary repairs.  Should  any  repairs  be  very  urgent  between 
meetings  of  council,  the  chief  engineer,  with  the  committee 
ou  streets,  jointly,  shall  hereby  be  empowered  to  make  said 
repairs,  provided  the  cost  thereof  shall  not  exceed  the  sum 
of  twenty  dollars. 

Sec.  5.  In  case  of  fire,  in  the  absence  of  the  chief  engi- 
neer, his  duties  shall  devolve  upon  and  be  performed  by  the 
first  assistant  engineer  arriving  upon  the  ground,  and  he 
shall  be  vested  with  all  the  power  and  authority  now  vested 
in  the  chief  engineer  during  the  continuance  of  the  fire  ; un- 
less the  chief  engineer  should  during  the  continuance  of  the 
fire  make  his  appearance,  when  he  shall  immediately  enter 
upon  and  perform  his  duties. 

Sec.  6.  The  chief  engineer  and  his  assistants  are  to  con* 
stitute  a board  of  engineers. 


Sec.  7.  That  in  case  any  member  or  any  number  of 
members  of  one  or  more  companies,  comprising  the  said  de- 
partment shall,  upon  complaint,  or  if  upon  other  evidence, 
it  shall  become  known  to  the  board,  be  found  guilty  of  any 
act  of  misconduct  or  bad  behavior,  or  of  having  committed 
any  nuisance,  casting  odium  upon  the  company  or  the  de- 
partment, the  board  shall  have  power  10  suspend  or  expel 
such  member  or  members  ; and  shall  also  have  power  to  im- 
pose a fine  upon  each  member  so  offending,  not  exceeding 
five  dollars,  for  the  use  of  the  company  to  which  such  mem- 
ber belongs. 

Sec.  8.  That  if  it  should  happen  that  one-fourth  or  more 
of  the  members  of  any  one  company  shall  be  found  guilty 
of  any  misdemeanor  expressed  in  the  foregoing  section,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  engineer  to  at  once  suspend 
the  said  company,  and  report  the  same  to  council  at  its  next 
stated  meeting,  who  shall  have  power  by  a majority  vote  to 
suspend  the  company,  or  impose  a fine  upon  each  member 
having  so  offended,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars,  for  the  use  of 
the  company,  and  for  a second  offence  such  company  shall  be 
disbanded,  indefinitely  or  otherwise,  at  the  option  of  council. 

Sec.  9.  That  the  fines  mentioned  in  the  seventh  and 
eighth  sections  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  recoverable  by  suit 
before  the  burgess,  the  same  as  other  fines  for  municipal 
purposes  are  now  authorized  to  be  collected. 

Sec.  10.  From  the  date  of  the  adoption  of  this  ordinance 
no  person  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years  shall  be  elected  a 
member  of  any  of  the  companies  composing  the  fire  depart- 
ment. 

Sec.  11.  Under  no  circumstances  shall  more  than  one  en- 
gine and  one  hose  carriage  be  allowed  to  leave  the  borough 
at  the  same  time,  and  in  case  of  a fire  occurring  during  the 
absence  of  the  above  mentioned  apparatus  they  shall  be  re- 
turned immediately. 

Sec.  12.  All  existing  ordinances  heretofore  passed  in  re- 
lation to  fire  marshals  are  hereby  repealed. 


Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of' 
Bethlehem,  July  5,  A.  D.  1872. 

A.  J.  ERWIN,  Burgess. 
Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  27.] 

AN  ORDINANCE 

Authorizing  a Uniform  Badge  for  the  Fire  Department  of 
the  borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Be  it  ordained  and  euacted  by  the  citizens  of  the  borough 
of  Bethlehem  in  town  council  assembled,  and  it,  is  here- 
by euacted  by  the  authority  of  the  same  : 

Section  1.  That  a uniform  badge  shall  be  worn  by  every 
member  of  the  lire  department  when  attending  fires. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  chief  engineer  and  his  assistants  shall 
constitute  the  “ Firemen’s  Badge  Department,”  of  which 
the  chief  engineer  shall  be  its  president  ex-officio,  who 
shall  choose  one  of  its  members  as  secretary  and  treasurer  ; 
said  department  shall  have  power  to  designate  the  metal, 
shape  or  style  of  badges,  with  the  inscription  “ Bethlehem, 
Fire  Department  ” thereon,  to  be  numbered  consecutively 
from  No.  1 to  . The  cost  of  the  badges  shall  not  ex- 
ceed the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  each. 

Sec.  3.  That  a register  shall  be  kept  at  the  office  of  the 
town  clerk,  in  which  the  secretary  of  the  badge  department 
shall  enter  the  names  of  the  members  of  each  fire  company, 
the  name  of  the  company  aud  the  number  of  the  badge. 

Sec.  4.  That  each  member  ou  receiving  his  badge,  shall 
pay  to  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  badge  department, 
the  cost  price  of  taid  badge,  and  upon  resignation,  expul- 
sion or  otherwise  leaving  the  department,  he  shall  return 
the  same  to  the  said  secretary  and  treasurer,  who  shall  re- 
fund to  him  such  a sum  as  he  may  have  paid  for  the  same  : 
Provided , The  said  badge  shall  not  have  become  defaced  or 
damaged  to  such  an  extent  as  to  make  it  worthless  ; and  it 


«hall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretaries  of  each  and  every  fir© 
company  to  notify  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  badge 
department,  of  the  expulsion,  resignation  or  death  of  any 
member  in  possession  of  the  badge. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  said  badges  shall  only  be  delivered  by 
the  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  badge  department,  upon 
satisfactory  evidence  from  the  secretary  of  the  company  to 
which  the  applicant  belongs,  that  he  is  entitled  to  wear  the 
same  ; any  person  in  possession  or  wearing  a badge  without 
the  proper  authority  as  provided  for  in  this  ordinance,  shall 
upon  conviction  before  the  burgess  be  fined  in  a sum  not 
exceeding  five  dollars,  for  the  use  of  the  badge  department. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  chief  engineer  is  hereby  empowered  to 
order  any  citizen  to  act  as  fire  police  in  case  of  fire,  whose 
duty  it  is  to  serve  as  such.  And  as  such  are  hereby  em- 
powered to  exclude  and  eject  from  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  fires,  all  persons  not  wearing  a badge  of  the  department 
as  hereinbefore  provided  for.  Provided , That  such  exclu- 
sion or  rejection  shall  not  apply  to  owners,  agents  or  other 
parties  directly  interested  in  property  believed  to  be  in 
danger. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  July  5,  A.  D.  1872. 

AMBROSE  J.  ERWIN.  Burgess. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Town  Clerk. 


[No.  28.] 

AN  ORDINANCE. 

Regulating  the  Distribution  of  Water  in  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  Assessing  and  Collecting  Taxes  and  the 
Rents  thereof,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Water  Board  of  the  borough  of  Beth- 
lehem in  the  county  of  Northampton,  and  it  is  hereby 
ordained  : 

Section  1.  That  the  Water  Board  of  the  said  borough 


108 


is  ready  to  enter  into  contracts  with  any  person  or  corpora- 
tion who  may  desire  the  use  of  the  water  supplied  by  the 
borough  from  their  water  works,  under  such  general  and 
equal  regulations  as  fitting  the  occasion  may  be  established, 
and  at  such  rates  as  shall  be  fixed  upon  by  said  body. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  rents  for  the  use  of  the  water  and  the 
protection  tax,  unless  otherwise  herein  provided  for,  shall 
be  paid  annually,  between  the  first  day  of  June  and  the 
first  day  of  October,  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Water  Board  ; 
all  taxes  or  rents  remaining  unpaid  on  the  duplicate  on  the 
first  of  October  in  each  year  shall  be  subject  to  an  addition 
of  five  per  cent.*  the  said  duplicate  or  duplicates  then  to  be 
placed  into  the  hands  of  one  or  more  collectors  to  be  ap- 
pointed by  said  board,  who  shall  proceed  to  collect  the  same 
until  the  first  day  of  January  following,  as  taxes  are  now 
collected  by  law,  aud  it  shall  be  his  or  their  duty,  on  the 
first  day  of  January  of  each  year,  to  report  in  writing  to 
the  board  all  delinquents  on  his  or  their  duplicates,  and  to 
make  oath  or  affirmation  to  be  written  in  the  said  report, 
and  to  be  signed  with  his  name  and  that  of  the  magistrate 
by  whom  the  same  shall  be  administered,  that  he  or  they, 
the  said  collectors,  has  or  have  demanded  payment  of  the 
said  rent  or  taxes  from  the  persons  residing  on  the  premises 
or  owning  the  estate  charged  therewith,  and  bath  or  have 
not  received  the  same  or  any  part  thereof;  and  the  said 
board  shall  immediately  give  notice  in  writing  of  the 
rent  or  taxes  due  by  them  respectively,  and  that  unless  the 
said  rents  or  taxes  so  in  arrears  shall  be  paid  before  the  ex- 
piration of  thirty  days  thereafter,  they  will  be  deprived  of 
the  use  of  the  water,  and  that  suit  will  be  instituted  for  the 
rents  and  taxes  due.  The  collector  or  collectors  of  water 
rents  and  taxes,  as  appointed  under  this  section,  shall  re- 
ceive such  compensation  for  their  services,  as  shall  be  fixed 
upon  by  the  Water  Board,  and  the  said  collector  or  collec- 
tors shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  office, 
give  a bond  or  bonds  to  the  board  in  double  the  amount  of 
the  duplicate,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  im- 
posed upon  them. 


109 


Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent, 
under  the  direction  of  the  water  commissioners,  upon  the 
application  of  any  person  or  persons  for  a supply  of  water, 
to  cause  the  pipe  conveying  the  same  to  be  laid  from  the 
pipe  of  conduit  to  a point  within  the  limits  of  the  footwalk 
or  pavement,  a distance  of  twelve  inches  from  the  curb  line, 
a-nd  at  the  terminus  of  this  pipe  cause  a stopcock  to  be 
affixed.  Above  every  stopcock  placed  in  the  manner 
directed,  there  shall  be  left  an  opening  of  at  least  four 
inches  square  or  round,  which  will  be  protected  by  a cast 
iron  stopcock  box,  which  box  shall  be  securely  covered 
with  a lid  of  the  same  material  in  such  a manner  that  the 
location  of  said  stopcock  may  be  readily  distinguished  ; the 
cohering  to  be  even  or  level  with  the  surrounding  pave- 
ment. Each  pipe  conveying  the  water,  as  also  the  stop- 
cock, being  placed  by  the  order  and  at  the  expense  of  the 
Water  Board,  is  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the 
superintendent,  and  any  or  all  persons  are  forbidden,  under 
any  pretext,  to  remove  the  above  named  iron  lid,  or  in  any 
manner  whatever  to  tamper  with  the  said  stopcock.  Any 
person  or  persons  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a sum 
not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  4.  That  when  any  person  or  persons,  who  shall  con- 
tract for  a supply  of  water,  shall  sell  or  remove  from  the  prem- 
ises so  contracted  to  be  supplied,  any  such  person  or  persons 
shall  on  both  or  either  events  happening,  and  at  the  time 
they  may  so  happen,  give  notice  in  writing  to  the  superin- 
tendent of  their  removal  from  tho  said  premises  or  of  the 
sale  thereof,  and  insert  in  said  notice  the  name  or  names  of 
the  holders  or  occupiers  of  the  said  premises  after  them  ; 
and  on  their  failure  to  give  such  notice,  the  person  or  per- 
sons in  whose  names  the  contract  for  said  water  is  entered 
in  the  register  of  water  rents,  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to 
be  still  parties  to  the  said  contracts,  and  chargeable  with 
the  rents  or  taxes  due  and  to  become  due,  for  the  same  and 
liable  to  be  sued  therefor. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  said  treasurer  or  collector,  at  the  time 


110 


of  demanding  or  receiving  any  water  rents,  shall  produce 
the  duplicate  list  of  water  rents  containing  the  rent  so  de- 
manded, and  immediately  upon  the  receipt  thereof,  in  the 
presence  of  the  person  paying,  write  the  word  “ paid  ” 
thereon,  opposite  the  name  ot  the  person  by  or  for  whom 
the  rent  is  paid  ; and  in  case  the  said  collector  shall  neglect 
to  produce  his  duplicate,  and  to  make  an  entry  therein  as 
aforesaid,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  neglect 
not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  r t the  discre- 
tion of  the  magistrate. 

Sec.  6.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  water  commis- 
sioners, and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  requested  from 
time  to  time  to  inspect  and  examine  the  duplicates  of  water 
rents  and  taxes  which  may  be  placed  into  the  hands  of  the 
treasurer,  collector  or  collectors  for  collection,  and  report 
to  the  board  the  delinquency,  if  any,  of  said  treasurer,  col- 
lector or  collectors  in  said  duties,  to  be  acted  upon  by  them 
as  they  may  deem  advisable. 

Sec.  7.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  contract 
for  a supply  of  water  shall  cause  the  pipe  to  belaid  by  them 
(from  the  stopcock  into  his  or  their  building  or  buildings) 
to  be  of  sufficient  strength  to  prevent  accident,  and  all 
damage  arisiug  from  accident  to  said  pipe  by  fracture  or 
otherwise,  shall  be  sustained  by  the  person  or  persons  so 
contracting. 

Sec.  8.  That  if  any  person  entrusted  with  the  spanners 
of  the  fire  plugs,  or  others,  shall  open  the  plugs  on  any  oc- 
casion whatever  except  at  the  request  or  permission  of  a 
member  of  the  board  or  in  case  of  a fire  in  the  neighbor- 
hood ; and  if  the  person  or  persous  entrusted  with  the 
spanners  of  the  fire-plugs  shaU  negiect  or  refuse  to  shut  the 
same  as  soon  as  the  fire  is  extinguished,  or  if  any  person  or 
persous  shall  willfully,  negligently  or  carelessly  injure  the 
pipes  of  conduit,  the  hydrants  or  fire-plugs,  or  any  jther 
device  connected  with  the  pipes  in  the  street,  he,  she  or 
they  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding 
ten  dollars  for  each  offence. 


Ill 


Sec.  9.  That  if  any  plumber  or  other  person  shall,  with- 
out a written  permit  from  the  water  commissioners,  intro- 
duce a ferrule  into  any  public  or  private  pipe,  or  form  any 
connection  or  communication  whatever  with  said  pipes,  or 
break  ground  for  that  or  any  other  similar  purpose,  in  the 
public  streets  or  alleys,  or  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  in- 
troduce or  use  a ferrule  of  a larger  diameter  than  is  speci- 
fied in  his  or  their  permits,  he,  she  or  they  so  offending  shall 
forfeit  and  pay,  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  a sum  not 
exceeding  ten  dollars,  and  for  every  day’s  continuance  of 
the  use  of  such  pipes  after  conviction  the  further  sum  of 
one  dollar. 

Sec.  10.  That  ail  private  pipes  conveying  the  water 
shall  be  laid  to  the  same  depth  as  the  public  main  in  the 
street  (not  less  than  four  feet)  ; any  plumber  or  other 
person  employed  in  laying  such  private  pipes,  shall,  for 
each  neglect  of  the  provision  herein  contained,  be  fined  a 
sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars,  and  be  liable  for  the  ex- 
pense incurred  in  taking  up  and  relaying  said  private  pipes 
to  the  required  depth. 

Sec.  11.  That  the  water  commissioners  be  and  are  here- 
by authorized  and  required  to  inquire  at  any  dwelling  or 
other  place  from  whence  any  unnecessary  waste  of  water 
proceeds  into  the  cause  ot  such  waste,  and  if  they  cannot 
discover  and  prevent  the  same,  owing  to  opposition  of  the 
owner  or  occupier  of  said  d welling  or  other  place  they  shall 
forthwith  give  notice  to  the  burgess  of  the  person  in  whose 
inclosures  the  said  waste  shall  be  discovered,  that  he,  she  or 
they  so  offending  ma*7  be  dealt  with  as  is  provided  for  by 
this  ordinance  ; and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  em- 
powered to  examine  any  pipe  which  may  be  suspected  of 
being  of  a larger  diameter  than  is  specified  in  the  permit ; 
and  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  refuse  to  suffer  such  ex- 
amination, or  oppose  or  obstruct  said  officers  in  the  execu- 
tion of  their  duties,  he,  she  or  they  so  offending  shall  for- 
feit and  pay  for  each  and  every  offence  a sum  not  exceed- 
ing ten  dollars. 


112 


Sec.  12.  That  the  water  commissioners,  the  collector  of 
water  rents,  or  any  person  acting  under  an  order  of  the 
Water  Board,  shall  be  and  are  authorized  and  empowered 
to  inquire  at  any  dwelling  or  place  whence  any  unnecessary 
waste  of  water  proceeds  into  the  cause  of  the  same,  and  if 
the  said  waste  proceed  from  want  of  repair  in  the  pipe  or 
other  fixtures,  and  if  the  owner  or  occupier  of  such  dwelling 
or  place  shall  neglect  or  refuse,  upon  notice  being  given,  to 
have  the  necessary  repairs  made  forthwith,  the  water  com- 
missioners, acting  under  the  order  of  the  board,  shall  be 
and  are  authorized  and  empowered  to  shut  off  the  water 
leading  to  such  place -or  dwelling,  and  any  person  who  shall 
let  on  the  water  before  the  necessary  repairs  are  made  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  13.  That  if  any  person  shall  permit  the  water  to  flow 
unnecessarily  from  any  part  of  a private  pipe  or  the  fix- 
tures thereof,  on  his,  her  or  their  premises,  or  the  premises 
by  him,  her  or  them  occupied  either  within  a building  or 
enclosure,  or  any  street  or  alley,  such  person  shall  forfeit 
for  each  offence  a sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars  ; and  in  all 
cases  where  several  persons  receive  a supply  of  water  by 
branches,  hydrants  or  other  fixtures  uniting  with  a private 
common  pipe,  each  and  every  person  who  may  so  receive 
the  water  shall  be  bound  to  keep  such  common  pipe  in  repair, 
and  in  any  case  of  waste  by  leak  or  leaks  therefrom  shall  be 
severally  liable  for  the  penalty  above  inflicted  ; and  if  at 
any  time  it  shall  be  necessary  to  repair  a private  pipe  with- 
in  the  limits  of  any  street  or  alley,  a permit  shall  be  first 
taken  for  so  doing,  and  the  expense  of  repairing  paid  by 
the  person  so  taking  the  water,  under  the  penalty  of  a sum 
not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  neglect. 

Sec.  14.  That  if  any  person  other  than  those  who  may  be 
actual  occupiers  of  a building,  lot  of  ground  or  premises, 
into  or  for  the  particular  accommodation  of  which,  accord- 
ing to  the  permit  issued  the  water  may  have  been  intro- 
duced, shall  resort  to  any  hydrant  or  pump,  and  use  the 
water  therefrom  without  a regular  permit  from  the  water 

o 


1 13 


commissioners,  such  persou  so  offending  shall  forfeit  for 
each  offence  and  pay  a sum  not  exceeding  one  dollar  and 
costs  ; and  the  occupier  of  any  hydrant  or  pump  shall  for 
every  time  he  or  she  permits  the  use  of  his  or  her  hydrant 
or  pump  to  any  person  disconnected  from  their  families 
who  hold  no  permit,  upon  conviction,  pay  a like  sum. 

Sec.  15.  That  each  and  every  fine,  forfeiture  and  penalty 
imposed  by  this  ordinance,  shall  and  may  be  sued  for  and 
recovered  with  costs  of  suit  before  the  burgess  or  any  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  of  the  said  borough,  and  that  in  suits  or 
prosecutions  under  this  ordinance,  the  person  suing  shall  be 
a competent  witness.  The  burgess,  in  all  cases,  to  impose 
and  recover  the  same  rates  of  costs  as  are  recoverable  by  a 
justice  of  the  peace. 

Sec.  16.  The  water  commissioners  shall  grant  permits  as 
is  hereinafter  provided,  and,  in  case  of  necessity,  shall  en- 
ter in  and  upon  the  premises  of  individuals  or  receive  the 
report  of  such  person  or'persous  who  may  be  appointed  by 
the  board,  to  ascertain  whether  there  is  a proper  application 
of  the  waste  of  water  according  to  the  contract,  or  is  an  un- 
necessary waste  of  water,  or  for  any  other  purpose  con- 
nected with  the  interest  of  the  water  works,  so  as  to  enable 
the  said  commissioners  to  carry  into  effect  the  laws  of  the 
borough  ordained  for  the  protection  of  borough  property, and 
preventing  a waste  of  water, or  levying  a sufficient  sum  for  the 
use  thereof.  The  said  water  commissioners  shall  frequently 
visit  the  water  house,  reservoir  or  tank  grounds,  and  ex- 
amine the  same,  together  with  the  engine,  pipes,  stopcocks 
aud  fire-plugs,  and  cause  auy  ordinary  repairs  to  be  made. 
They  shall  also  submit  an  estimate  to  the  board  of  the 
probable  amount  necessary  to  defray  the  expenses  for  the 
year,  including  salaries  of  engineer,  superintendent  and 
such  other  employes  as  they  may  require,  fuel,  oil,  &c.,  for 
engiue,  and  all  repairs  at  water  house,  engine,  reservoir, 
tank,  reservoir  and  tank  grounds,  pipes  and  tire-plug3. 

Sec.  17.  That  the  water  board  shall  hereafter  elect  by 
ballot,  whenever  they  shall  deem  it  necessary,  such  person 


114 


or  persons  as  superintendent  or  superintendents  under 
them,  to  discharge  such  duties  as  shall  be  enjoined  upon 
him  or  them,  and  receive  such  compensation  as  the  board 
shall  think  just  and  reasonable  ; said  superintendent  or 
superintendents  to  be  subject  to  removal  whenever  the 
board  may  deem  expedient. 

Sec.  18.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  may  be  per- 
mitted by  the  Water  Board  to  use  water  from  public  pipes 
for  sprinkling  the  streets  in  the  borough  shall  be  required, 
before  using  such  water,  to  enter  into  a bond  for  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  dollars  with  approved  security  to  the  board  for 
the  weekly  or  monthly  payment  of  all  moneys  for  water  used 
for  said  purpose, and  for  any  and  all  damages  that  may  result 
by  such  person  or  persons  injuring  the  fire-plugs  or  any  other 
apparatus  or  fixtures  belonging  to  the  water  works,  and  the 
said  person  shall  stop  using  the  water,  whenever  requested 
by  the  board,  under  a penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  re- 
fusing so  to  do. 

Sec.  19.  That  hereafter  no  person  or  persons  shall  attach 
a hose  to  their  pave-washer  or  to  their  pipe  of  conduit  and 
sprinkle  the  street  with  the  same,  except  having  first  ob- 
tained permission  from  the  water  commissioners,  under  a 
penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  20.  That  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  it  shall 
not  be  lawful  for  any  plumber  or  other  person  to  locate  or 
place  any  hydrant  or  pump  on  the  pavement,  or  on  the  out- 
side of  any  inclosed  lot  of  ground  or  premises  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  which  the  water  may  be  introduced. 

Sec.  21.  That  any  plumber  or  other  person,  who  shall 
violate  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  section,  shall  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  nor  less  than  five  dollars  ; 
and  further  shall  be  liable  to  pay  all  costs  and  expenses 
incident  to  the  removal  of  any  hydrant  or  pump  that  may 
be  lbcated  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing 
section  of  this  ordinance,  which  fine,  together  with  costs 
and  expenses,  shall  be  recovered  before  the  burgess  or  any 
justice  of  the  peace  of  said  borough,  in  the  same  manner 
as  debts  of  like  amount  are  now  by  law  recoverable. 


115 


Sec.  22.  That  hereafter  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any 
person  to  use  the  water  from  the  public  or  private  pipes  for 
building  purposes  of  any  kind  without  first  having  ob- 
tained a permit  for  that  purpose  from  the  water  commis- 
sioners, who  shall  assess  the  fee  or  charge  for  the  use  of  the 
water,  in  accordance  to  the  price  list  furnished  them  by  the 
board,  and  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  use  the  water 
without  first  having  obtained  such  permit  shall,  for  each 
and  every  offence  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  ten 
dollars  and  the  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  23.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  may  desire  to 
contract  for  a supply  of  the  water  from  the  borough  water 
works  shall  make  application  to  the  water  commissioners, 
setting  forth  a description  of  the  house  or  premises  applied 
for,  the  number  of  the  family  to  be  supplied,  or  it  for  any 
other  purpose  to  describe  the  object  for  which  the  water  is 
to  be  used,  so  as  to  enable  the  water  commissioners  to  ascer- 
tain the  quantity  required  ; and  upon  said  application  the 
water  commissioners  shall  make  an  entry  of  the  name  of 
the  applicant,  together  with  a description  of  the  premises 
owned  or  occupied  by  him  or  her,  in  a book  to  be  by  them 
kept  for  that  purpose,  and  at  the  same  time  shall  fix  and 
enter  the  price  for  the  quantity  of  water  so  used  or  required, 
and  shall  through  their  chairman  or  a majority  of  the  com- 
missioners give  to  the  applicant  a certificate,  setting  forth 
the  name  of  the  applicant  or  owner,  the  description  of  the 
premises,  and  the  rate  and  price  of  the  water  by  them 
offered  to  the  same,  whereupon  the  said  applicant  shall 
present  the  said  certificate  to  the  treasurer  of  the  board, 
and  pay  over  to  him  the  amount  due  on  said  certificate  up 
to  June  1st  of  the  year  following,  such  amount  to  be  fixed 
by  the  water  commissioners  and  by  them  entered  upon  the 
certificate. 

Sec.  24.  In  case  application  be  made  for  the  use  of  the 
water,  for  building  or  other  temporary  purposes,  the  person 
so  applying  shall  receive  a permit  from  the  water  commis- 
sioners setting  forth  the  purposes  for  which  the  same  has 


116 


been  granted,  which  permit  the  applicant  shall  present  to 
the  treasurer  of  the  board  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars 
on  account  of  the  same  ; the  balance  of  money  due  on  such 
permit  to  be  paid  to  the  treasurer  upon  the  completion  of 
the  building,  in  accordance  with  the  rates  established  by  the 
water  commissioners. 

Sec.  25.  That  the  said  water  commissioners  shall  keep 
a book  upon  which  they  shall  enter  all  applications  for  the 
use  of  the  water,  and  enter  therein  the  names  and  resi- 
dence of  all  applicants  and  the  terms  upon  which  permits 
are  granted. 

Sec.  26.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  willfully, 
negligently  or  carelessly  injure  the  pipes  of  conduit,  the 
hydrant  or  pumps,  or  any  other  device  connected  with  the 
pipes  in  the  streets,  or  open  the  same  so  as  to  occasion  a 
wanton  and  willful  waste  of  said  water,  or  incon- 
venience or  damage  to  the  citizen,  or  shall  suffer  the 
said  water  to  flow  unnecessarily  from  his,  her  or  their 
dwelling  or  inclosures,  or  use  the  same  except  for  culinary 
or  other  necessary  purposes,  he,  she  or  they  so  offending 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  every  such  offence  a sum  not  ex- 
ceeding fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  27.  That  hereafter  all  pipes  of  conduit  to  be  put 
down  in  the  borough  for  supplying  its  citizens  with  water 
shall  be  of  such  size  as  the  Water  Board  may  determine 
upon. 

Sec.  28.  That  all  ordinances  or  parts  ot  ordinances  here- 
tofore enacted  conflicting  with  the  above  be  and  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Enacted  into  an  ordinance  and  passed  at  the  borough  of 
Bethlehem,  June  30,  A.  D.  1873. 

AMBROSE  J.  ERWIN, 

President  of  Water  Board. 

Samuel  Brunner,  Secretary. 


fitter  plates 

OF  THE  BOROUGH  OF  BETHLEHEM,  AS  PASSED 
JULY  1st,  1873. 


DWELLINGS. 

Pr>r  annum. 

Hydrants  in  yards  or  kitchen $12  00 

Bath,  each  tub 1 00 

Water  closets,  each 100 

Urinals * 1 00 

Wash  basins  in  chamber,  each 1 00 

Pave  wash 2 00 

Attachment  made  for  pave  wash  only 12  00 

STORES. 

Hydrant  in  yard  or  in  basin  in  store 12  00 

Each  additional  spigot 1 00 

PUBLIC  BUILDINGS. 

Hydrants,  each 12  00 

Each  basin  or  sink,  additional 3 00 

Water  closets  and  urinals  (self  closing)  each 3 00 

Water  closets  and  urinals  of  other  descriptions  . 5 00 

HOTELS. 

Ftom  $50  to  $150. 

DRUG  STORES. 

One  sink  or  basin,  public  attachment 12  00 

One  sink  or  basin,  private  attachment 3 00 

Each  additional 1 00 

Soda  and  counter  fountains,  not  exceeding  one- 

sixteentk  of  an  inch  each 10  00 

PUBLIC  SCHOOLS. 

From  $50  to  $125. 

BOARDING  SCHOOLS. 

From  $100  io  $500. 

BREWERS. 

From  $100  to  $300. 


118 


LIVER Y STABLES. 

From  $25  to  $75. 

PRIVATE  STABLES. 

One  spigot,  when  tapped  from  public  main 12  00 

One  spigot,  when  tapped  from  private  pipe 5 00 

Each  additional  spigot 1 00 

PUBLIC  BATHING  ESTABLISHMENTS. 

When  tapped  from  public  main,  one  tub 12  00 

When  tapped  from  private  pipe,  one  tub 5 00 

Each  additional  tub 5 00 

BARBER  SHOPS. 

One  basin,  tapped  from  public  main 12  00 

One  basin,  tapped  from  private  pipe 3 00 

Each  additional  spigot 1 00 

STEAM  ENGINES. 

For  first  horse-power 5 00 

For  second  horse-power 3 00 

For  each  additional  horse-power 1 00 

FOUNTAINS. 

Attachment  from  public  main,  one  thirty-second 

inch  jet 12  00 

Attachment  from  public  main,  one-sixteenth  inch 

jet 15  00 

Attachment  from  private  pipe,  one  thirty-second 

inch  jet 6 00 

Attachmen  t from  private  pipe,  one  sixteenth  inch 

jet 9 00 

Each  additional  one-thirty-second  inch  jet 1 00 

Each  additional  one-sixteenth  i ch  jet 2 00 

Larger  jets  in  proportion  . No  ferrule  larger  than 
one-half  inch,  granted  for  fountains  exclusively. 
BUILDING  PURPOSES. 

For  each  and  every  bushel  of  lime  slacked,  per 

bushel 05 

RATES  OF  PROTECTION. 

All  property  fronting  on  streets  in  which  mains 

are  laid 5 00 

All  properties  beyond  street  mains,  not  more  than 

five  hundred  feet  from  fire  plug 3 00 

No  charge  made  for  protection,  where  parties  take 
the  water  at  the  above  rates. 

NOTE.— Any  attachment  made  to  public  mains  for  any  purpose  what- 
ever, not  les^s  than  flv. 


•|n  Abstract  ajf  the  principal  ^solutions 

OF  BETHLEHEM  TOWN  COUNCIL. 

tfliOM  THE  MINUTE  BOOHS. 


MINUTES  1845. 


[Vol.  I ] 


Pane. 


Treasurer  required  to  give  bond  in  double  the  amount 

of  the  Borough  tax  levied 

High  Constable  required  to  give  bond  in  the  sum  of 

$000 

Rules  for  the  government  of  Council 

Broad  street  ordered  to  be  opened  to  Center.  

Town  plot  adopted 

Town  Committee  cede  all  their  rights  to  tire  ladders 
and  hooks  to  the  Borough,  except  one  ladder  and 

one  hook. ...  

The  Town  < ommittee  cede  all  their  rights  to  the  Mar- 
ket-house to  the  Borough 

Crossing  from  R.  O.  Luckenbach’s  to  opposite  side  of 

Main  street  ordered  

Crossing  in  Broad  street  from  M.  Brown’s  to  Sarah 

Hagy’s  ordered.  

Street  Supervisor  directed  hereafter,  in  case  of  a fall  of 
snow,  to  have  the  same  cleaned  from  all  the  foot- 
walks,  crossings  and  intersections  of  streets  and 
alleys  belonging  to  the  Borough  in  the  most  con- 
venient way 

Boys  prohibited  from  running  their  hand  sleds  in  the 
public  streets  in  the  Borough  limits  


2 


2 

7 

24 

33 


40 

57 

49 


02 


07 


07 


MINUTES  1840. 

Burgess  authorized  to  make  a loan  of  fifty  dollars  for 


Borough  purposes 72 

High  Constable  required  to  serve  notices  on  each  mem- 
ber of  Council  of  all  stated,  special  or  adjourned 
meetings 72 


120 


Y(].I.  I’agc. 


New  street  from  Market  to  Broad  ordered  to  be  graded.  81 
Crossings  ordered  from  Sarah  Hagy’s  across  New  street 
to  Haus’  house,  and  from  E.  Lehman  across  New 

street  to  Aaron  George’s,  ordered 85 

- Propertykolders  who  may  deem  fit  to  lay  their  pave 
ments  only  four  feet  wide  shall  cause  the  same  four 
feet  to  be  laid  from  the  curbstone  toward  the  front 
of  their  lot 80 


In  New  street,  the  inside  curb  of  gutter  ordered  to  be 
twelve  feet,  from  the  front  line  of  the  lot,  and  the 
outside  curb  of  the  pavement,  to  be  no  more  than 
two  feet  from  the  inside  gutter  curb,  towards  the 
front  line  of  said  lot,  and  in  case  a propertyholder 
shall  lay  only  four  feet  pavement,  the  inside  of  said 
four  feet  shall  be  six  feet  from  the  front  line  of  his 


or  her  lot 89 

New  street  south  of  Church  ordered  to  be  graded 94 

Loan  of  $500  authorized  for  grading  Main,  Market, 

Church  and  New  streets 95 

Markethouse  ordered  to  be  removed 96 


Resolution  concerning  width  of  foot  ways  in  New  street 
(p.  89)  repealed,  and  ordered  that  the  footways  be 
fourteen  feet  wide  from  the  front  line  of  lots  to  in- 
side line  of  curb  of  the  gutters,  the  paved  part  of 

the  footways  to  remain  as  heretofore 98£ 

Footways  in  Market  street  ordered  to  be  fourteen  feet 

wide  from  the  front  line  of  lots 98£ 


minutes  1847. 

Main,  Market  and  Church  streets  ordered  to  be  graded.  118 
Street  Supervisor  directed  to  keep  a memorandum  of 
all  property  belonging  to  the  borough,  and  deposit 

an  inventory  with  the  clerk 121 

Every  citizen  granted  the  privilege  of  making  a crossing 
over  any  street  in  the  borough,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Street  Supervisor 128 

MINUTES  i848. 

Crossing  at  S,  Wineland  and  H.  Yost  over  Broad  street 

ordered 186 

Crossing  from  Long  alley  across  Main  street  order  d — 188 


p 


121 


Vol.  I.  Page. 

Bethlehem  Hook  & Ladder  Company  authorized  to  use 
the  borough  ladders,  hooks,  <fcc  , in  trust  for  the 
borough.... 189 

minutes  1849. 

Permission  granted  to  the  Philadelphia  & Wilkesbarre 

Telegraph  Company  to  erect  posts  in  the  borough.  216 

Crossing  from  J,  C.  Malthaner’s  to  Win.  Ric-  ’s  on  New 

street  granted ....... .. 217 

Fire  Inspectors  required  to  report  at  least  every  eight 
weeks,  in  writing,  on  failure  whereof  to  forfeit  their 
salaries . 280 

Fire  Inspectors  enjoined  to  examine  into  the  condition 
of  all  places  used  for  smoking  meat,  in  the  built 
part  of  the  borough,  whether  in  dwelling  houses  or 
outhouses,  and  to  report .................. 234 

minutes  1850. 

Hose  carriage  for  Perseverance  Fire  Engine  Company 

ordered  to  be  procured 250 

Centre  street  between  Market  and  Broad  ordered  to  be 

graded 251 

MINUTES  1851. 

Permanent  points  to  determine  the  location  of  streets 

and  alleys  adopted 342 

minutes  1852. 

Part  of  borough  lot,  measuring  18  feet  front  by  30  feet 

deep,  granted  to  a newly  organized  Fire  Company  . 377 

Grading  of  High  and  Centre  streets  between  Broad  and 

Market  ordered 378 

[Vol.  II.] 

Names  of  streets  adopted : Old  Road,  Hill  alley,  Old 
alley,  Long  alley,  School  alley,  Pine  alley,  Cedar 
alley,  Church  alley,  Canal  alley,  Long  lane,  Penn 
alley,  Main  alley,  Allentown  Road,  Water  street.  ...  15 


122 


Vvl.  II.  P.ige  . 


Female  Boarding  School  made  the  Beginning  of  Church 

street 20 

Main  street  to  begin  at  Manocacy  Bridge  and  retain  that 

name  to  the  Allentown  Hoad 20 

Broad  street  adopted  as  the  centre  street  of  all  streets 

and  alleys  crossing  t e same 20 

Handboards  for  all  streets  and  alleys  ordered 20 


minutes  1853. 

Tax  of  one-sixth  of  a cent  on  the  dollar  on  the  valu- 
ation, for  county  purposes,  ordered  ro  defray 


borough  expenses  for  1853  and  1854 47 

Street  Supervisor  ordered  to  give  two  weeks'  notice  to 
property  holders  to  clean  their  gutters,  and  in  case 
of  refusal,  to  clean  the  same  and  charge  the  costs 

to  the  owners 52 

Hoorn  on  second  floor  of  Perseverance  engine  house 
rented  for  Council  for  a term  of  years,  at  the  rate 

of  $20  per  annum *.. . 57 

Burgess  ordered  to  begin  suit  against  parties  engaging 

in  the  sale  of  liquors  on  Sunday 60 

Survey  of  W.  T.  Roepper,  Borough  Engineer,  adopted...  61 

Gaslights  in  the  streets  ordered 63 

Public  meeting  ordered  to  consider  the  propriety  of 

buying  the  works  of  the  Bethlehem  Water  Company  ' 

withdrawn 63 

Gas  Company  offers  to  supply  the  borough  at  the  rate 

of  $2.50  per  1,000  feet 64 


MINUTES  1854. 

Decree  of  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions  of  Northampton 
county  that  the  provisions  of  the  former  charter  be 
annulled  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  the  Act  of 
April  3d,  1851,  entitled  “An  Act  Regulating  Bor- 


oughs” accepted 68 

Appropriation  of  $75  to  Diligence  Fir©  Engine  Company 

to  put  their  apparatus  in  order 70 

Appropriation  of  $10  to  Perseverance  Fire  Company  to 

introduce  gas  into  their  engine  house 70 

Crossings  ordered  to  be  laid  by  the  Street  Supervisor 
whenever  there  is  a finished  continuation  of  pave- 
ment at  all  adopted  alleys,  without  further  orders..  72 


123 


Voi.  II.  Page. 

Report  of  Cmioaittee  on  Lighting  S treats  with  Gas 

adopted 82 

High  Constable  ordered  to  receive  five  cents  for  every 

dog  or  bitch  by  him  registered  for  taxation 87 

All  dogs  and  bitches  over  the  age  of  two  months  to  be 

registered . .. . . . . . ..........  87 

T*x  of  $1  for  every  first  dog  or  bitch,  and  $2  for  each 

additional  dog  or  bitch  ordered  to  be  assessed 87 

Tax  of  one  third  of  a cent  on  the  dollar  ordered  to  be 

assessed 88 

Provision  made  for  vacaucy  in  the  office  of  Burgess 90 

Propertyow tiers  on  graded  streets  directed  to  pebble 

their  gutters  and  lay  their  pavements 93 

L >ckup  and  stationhouse  ordered  to  be  built  on  borough 
lot,  100  feet  from  the  front  line.  Voluntary  sub- 
scriptions thereto,  $332 97 

Appropriation  of  $50  for  lighting,  cleaning  and  extin- 
guishing street  lamps — and  the  same  made  part  of 

the  duties  of  the  High  Constable 105 

Street  lamps  ordered  to  be  kept  burning  until  10:30 

o’clock 105 

Finance  Committee  to  constitute  the  Court  of  Appeal 

for  the  borough 109 

Pavements  on  Broad  street  ordered  to  be  eighteen  feet 
from  curb  line  on  south  side — sixteen  feet  on  north 

side Ill 

Thirty-one  cents  per  night  allowed  for  lighting  street 

lamps 120 

Ground  fc  r reservoir  ordered  to  be  bought 120 

Loan  of  $1,600  ordered  to  be  negotiated — secured  by 

bonds . . 124 

minutes  1 855. 

Prohibiting  the  admission  of  persons  to  the  lockup  ex- 
cept on  orders  from  the  Burgess,  Justice  of  the 

Peace,  or  member  of  Council...., 133 

Pavements  on  south  side  of  Broad  street  to  be  17  feet 

6 inches 137 

Reduced  to  sixteen  feet 152 

Assessors  directed  to  levy  a tax  on  money  at  interest 154 

Rate  of  assessment  fixed  at  one-quarter  of  a cent  on  the 

dollar 154 


Vo!.  II,  Page. 

Appropriation  of  $250  for  purchase  of  hose  for  Perse- 
verance Fire  Company 155 

Reorganization  of  Diligence  Fire  Company  ordered 156- 

Curbs  of  gutters  in  North  street  ordered  to  he  set  twelve 

feet  from  front  line  of  lots 157 

Rate  of  tax  fixed  at  one  third  of  a cent  on  the  dollar, 

and  one-sixth  of  a cent  on  money  at  interest 157 

Apparatus  and  hose  of  Diligence  Fire  Company  turned 

over  to  a committee 168 

Fonr  hundred  feet  of  hose  ordered  to  be  bought  for  the 

Perseverance  Fire  Company 170 

Agreement  to  enter  into  an  amicable  action  to  contest 

the  legality  of  the  tax  on  money  at  interest 178 

minutes  1856. 

Organization  of  Diligence  Fire  Company  No.  2 effected, 

and  apparatus  turned  over  to  them 190 

Tax  fixed  at  one-third  of  a cent  on  the  dollar 210 

Grading  of  Main  street  from  Broad  to  North  ordered...  211 
Loan  of  $3,000  ordered  to  be  negotiated,  for  grading 

streets 21c 

MINUTES  1857. 

Purchase  of  Bethlehem  Water  Works  decided  on,  con- 
ditionally  246 

Appropriation  of  $75  to  Reliance  Fire  Company 247 

Offer  of  Bethlehem  Water.  Company  to  sell  for  $10,000 

cash 250 

Appropriation  of  $200  to  Reliance  Fire  Company 261 

Taxation  fixed  at  one  half  of  a cent.  At  one-quarter 

of  a cent  on  money  at  interest  and  stocks 263 

Appropriation  of  $20  to  Perseverance  Fire  Company  to 

purchase  hose 265 

Tax  fixed  at  one -third  of  a cent  on  real  estate  and  one- 

eighth  of  a cent  on  money  at  interest 266 

One  shilling  allowed  constable  for  every  cow  penned 

up.. 269 

Tax  on  money  at  interest  repealed 270 

Tax  of  one-third  of  a cent  on  real  estate  changed  to  one- 

half  of  a cent 271 

Tax  on  money  at  interest  collected  ordered  to  be  re- 
funded. as  directed  by  the  Supreme  Court.  ( Vide 
Goepp  vs.  Borough  of  Bethlehem.  4 Casey.  249.).  271 


125 


Vol.  II.  Page. 

Grade  on  southwest  corner  of  Church  street  ordered  to 

be  lowered 272 

Diligence  enginehouse  ordered  to  be  thoroughly  re- 
paired  289 

Perseyerance  enginehouse  ordered  to  be  repaired 290 

minutes  1 858. 

Houses,  numbering  of,  ordered 295 

Bills  ordered  to  be  countersigned  by  the  Secretary,  be- 
fore an  order  is  drawn  by  the  Burgess 304 

Tax  fixed  at  one  third  of  a cent  on  the  dollar,  for  occu- 
pation, personal  and  real  estate 308 

One  hundred  dollars  appropriated  to  Diligence  Engine 

Company 327 

250  feet  hose  ordered  to  be  bought  for  PerseveranceFire 

Company 338 

New  grade  from  Goepp  to  Union  streets  ordered  to  be 

struck 341 

Grade  of  Ettwein  street  adopted 343 

New  names  for  alleys  adopted:  Goundie’s,  Rubel’s,  Cu- 
now’s,  School,  Gas,  Guetter’s,  Raspberry,  Stein- 
man's,  Spruce,  Long 345 

minutes  1859. 

Tax  rate  fixed  at  J cent  on  the  dollar 370 

Draft  of  street  from  Abbott’s  corner  to  Mauocacy  bridge 

adopted 379 

Same  rescinded 381 

Grade  of  Main  street,  from  Abbott’s  corner  to  Manocacy 

creek  bridge,  established,  with  exceptions 389 

minutes  1860. 

Borough  bond  for  $100,  issued  for  benefit  of  Reliance 

Fire  Company,  payable  Oct.  1,  i860 395 

Burgess  directed  to  apply  to  County  Commissioners  for 

renumeration  for  lodging  vagrants  and  paupers 395 

Attempt  to  pass  an  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  incorporate 

the  Bethlehem  Market  Company,”  disapproved 398 

Spruce  alley  directed  to  be  opened,  according  to  order 

of  Quarter  Ses  ion*3 407 

Rate  of  tax  established  at  ^ cent  on  the  dollar 410 


126 


[Vol.  IILj 

Pag*'. 

Grant  of  a lot,  ten  feet  front  on  west  side  of  N.  Main 

street,  accepted 14 

Directing  that  whenever  the  Street  Superintendent  from 
unavoidable  circumstances,  cannot  recover  costs  in 
enforcing  the  cow  law,  the  same  shall  be  paid  by 

the  Borough  .....  20 

Bill  for  repairs  to  Perseverance  Fire  Company  ordered  to 

be  paid,  $36  58 24 

MINUTES  1861. 

Apparatus  of  Diligence  Fire  Company  placed  in  charge  of 

a committee 31 

Abolishing  the  station  house 36 

High  Constable  ordered  to  keep  a record  of  vagrants 

lodged 46 

Grade  of  Church  street,  between  High  and  Linden 

adopted 53 

Recommending  measures  to  school  directors  concerning 

small-pox 59 

Requesting  physicians  to  report  cases  of  small -pox  61 

minutes  1862. 

Bethlehem  Water  Company  exempted  from  taxation....  65 

Employment  of  an  engine  builder  authorized 80 

Station  house  ordered  closed  and  lodging  of  paupers  to 

cease  till  further  notice 81 

The  hiring  of  workmen  to  remove  carcasses  and  open 

streets  made  impassable  by  the  freshet,  authorized.  83 
Consultation  with  the  physicians  of  the  Borough  direct- 
ed to  consider  the  propriety  of  offering  a site  to  the 

Government  for  a hospital  for  wounded  soldiers 86 

Appropriation  of  $100  for  each  man  required  to  fill  the 
quota  of  the  Borough,  and  directing  the  issuing 

of  $50  bonds T 88 

Volunteers  exempted  from  paying  tax  to  liquidate  the 

debt  incurred 88 

Committee  appointed  to  pay  out  bounty 91 

Station  house  ordered  to  be  reopened 96 


127 

MINUTES  1863. 

Vol.  III.  Tage. 

Grade  in  Garrison  and  Union  s reefs  from  New  to  High 

fixed 109 

Tax  fixed  at  \ cent  on  the  dollar 109 

Blank  licences  ordered  printed Ill 

North  street,  east  of  New,  draft  adopted 112 

North  street,  from  New  to  Centre,  ordered  to  be  graded  112 
Appropriation  of  $25  to  each  member  of  a military 

company 115 

Bonds  in  $2700  authorized  to  pay  bounty  to  volunteers, 

and  tax  ordered  to  be  assessed  to  that  amount 117 

Borough  resolutions  ordered  printed 123 

Police  badges  ordered  to  be  procured 125 

Salary  of  High  Constable  increased  to  $400 127 

Treasurer  ordered  to  keep  a separate  account  of  bounty 

tax 128 

minutes  1864. 

Closet  for  keeping  documents  ordered 133 

Appropriation  of  $300  to  each  recruil  required  to  fill 

Borough  quota 143 

Bonds  sufficient  to  pay  $325  lo  33  men  authorized,  and 

tax  ordered  to  be  assessed 148 

Tax  of  J cent  on  the  dollar  ordered 150 

Tax  of  1 1-10  cents  on  the  dollar,  and  $1  head  tax  or- 
dered to  be  assessed  to  pay  bounty 150 

Additional  policemen  appointed,  one  of  them  to  keep 

order  at  Nisky  Hill,  Sundays 155 

Farmers’  & Mechanics’  Bank  of  Easton  ordered  to  be 
indemnified  against  refusing  to  pay  out  money  to 

volunteers,  under  an  injunction 156 

$50  bounty  bonds  directed  to  be  issued 164 

Citizens  procuring  substitutes  directed  to  be  credited 

with  $300 165 

Extra  Borough  bounty  bonds  ordered  to  be  paid  to  all 
volunteers  who  show  they  were  credited  to  the 

Borough 169 

Beliance  and  Perseverance  Fire  Companies  authorized 

to  clean  and  repair  at  Borough  expense 178 

minutes  1865. 

Appropriation  of  $16,500  ordered  to  be  raised  to  pay 
volunteers,  and  6 per  cent.  $50  Bonds  ordered  to 
be  issued 181 


128 


Vol.  III.  Page. 

Fire  Inspector’s  salary  fixed  at  $5 182 

Grade  of  Lehigh  street  reported  by  Street  Committee...  185 
Remonstrance  against  bill  to  exempt  Board  of  Elders 

from  taxation 191 

Grade  of  Main  street  between  Dr.  Wilson’s  and  south 

side  of  Eagle  Hotel,  ordered  to  be  taken 196 

Alley  running  from  Church  street  to  Canal  Basin  order- 
ed, with  its  outlets,  to  remain  open 197 

Small-pox  notices  ordered  to  be  posted  on  houses 201 

Station  house  ordered  closed 208 

Grade  of  Main  street,  from  Dr.  Wilson’s  to  Eagle  Hotel, 

draft  of  accepted 210 

Additional  policemen  authorized 210 

Shed  for  cannon  ordered  to  be  built 213 

Perseverance  engine  house  ordered  repaired 214 

Grade  of  North,  New,  Goepp  and  Fairview  streets, 

adopted 216 

Grades  of  Union  street  adopted 216 

Disinterments,  except  between  Dec.  1 and  March  1,  in 

every  year,  prohibited 221 

minutes  1866. 

Conference  with  Water  Company  concerning  the  en- 
largement or  sale  of  their  works  ordered.... 225 

Loan  of  $1000,  to  pay  bounty  interest,  ordered 239 

Diligence  Engine  turned  over  to  young  men 248 

Perseverance  engine  house  ordered  repaired 250 

Grade  from  G.  W.  Riegel’s  to  Eagle  Hotel,  adopted 252 

Old  Road  opened 252 

Water  Commissioner’s  given  full  power  to  buy  the  Beth- 
lehem Water  Company’s  works 259 

Grade  from  Luch’s  corner  to  Selfridge’s  drug  store  fixed  262 
Fairview,  Goepp  and  Ettwein  streets  ordered  graded.  . 263 

Diligence  engine  house  ordered  repaired 263 

Grade  of  Main  and  Market  streets  fixed 265 

Grade  of  Main  street,  at  Luch’s  corner,  altered 267 

Grade  of  Centre  street,  as  far  as  Union,  adopted 268 

Sale  of  Diligence  engine  house  and  lot  ordered 271 

Steam  fire  engine,  plan  for  purchase  of  ordered. 272 

minutes  1867. 

Legislature  petitioned  to  divide  Borough  into  2 Wards.  275 
Points  on  Union,  Main  and  Fairview  sts.,  established  ..  279 

Q 


129 


Vol.  III.  Vagi'. 


Perseverance  Fire  Company,  paper  for  room  ordered...  287 

Building  for  Hook  & Ladder  truck  ordered 288 

Taxes  assessed  real  estate  2 per  cent.,  money,  stocks, &c. 

1 per  cent.,  for  Borough  ^ percent.,  head  tax  $2...  289 

Appropriation  of  $35  to  Diligence  Fire  Company 299 

Fire  Marshals  ordered  to  be  appointed 301 

Grade  of  Market  street,  from  Mrs.  Brown’s  to  Main  st., 


Fire  annihilators,  2,  ordered  bought 307 

Appropriation  of  $10  to  Perseverance  Fire  Company....  307 

$400,  loan  of  authorized 309 

Lockup  and  w tationhouse  on  rear  of  Borough  lot,  or- 
dered to  be  built 310 


V. 


MINUTES  1868. 

All  old  plans  aud  profiles  rescinded,  and  the  maps  and 

profiles  of  Aschbach  & Haumann  adopted 315 

Loan  of  $1500  authorized,  to  pay  for  Engineer  and  Sta- 

tionhouse 317 

Loan  of  $1300  authorized,  to  pay  bounty  interest 331 

Saloon  keepers  prohibited  from  depositing  oyster  shells 

in  streets  from  May  1 to  Nov.  1 of  every  year 333 

Finance  Committee  directed  to  examine  all  bills,  before 

payment  thereof 333 

Permits  for  safe  keeping  of  prisoners  from  South  Beth- 
lehem ordered  to  issue  on  payment  of  50  cents 335 


Bounty  Tax. 
Tax  levied.  Real  Estate,  J per  cent.") 

Money,  I per  cent,  j 

Head  Tax,  3 dollars  ; 

Borough,  1 per  cent.  J 


Loan  of  $4,000  authorized 336 

Appropriation  of  $100  for  Reliance  hose  carriage 337 

Garrison  street  ordered  graded 338 

Grade  in  New  street,  south  of  Wall  street,  changed 338 

Modified  grade  of  Aschbach, Engineer, adopted, and  other 

grades  rescinded,  in  Market  street 339 

Goepp  street,  from  Main  st.  to  Manocacy  Creek, ordered 

graded 345 

Grad'e  of  Goepp  street  changed 347 

Tax  on  money  at  interest  fixed  at  ^ per  cent 349 

North  street  grades  rescinded 350 

Fairview  street  blue  line  grade  adopted... 351 


i3a 

MINUTES  1869. 

VoI.III.  Page. 

Appropriation  of  $1000  towards  buying  a steam  fire 

engine,  in  borough  bonds 358 

Loan  of  $4000,  authorized » 360 

Steamer  bought  fo*  $4000  for  Perseverance  Fire  Engine 

Company 361 

Alley  between  Church  and  Market,  Centre  and  High  sts. 

vacated 362 

Appropriation  of  $5000  for  purchase  of  a steamer  for 
Reliance  Fire  Company,  and  special  tax  of  J per 

cent,  levied 362 

“Middle  opposite  Broad  street, ’’ordered  to  be  inserted  in 

charter  of  Broad  Street  Bridge  Company 363 

[Vol.  IV.] 

Borough  Engineer  required  to  keep  an  accurate  record 

of  grades * 8 

Sale  of  hand  fire  engines  directed 9 

Refusal  to  bear  any  part  of  damages  and  expenses  in 

opening  Wall  street 11 

Changes  in  grades  of  New,  Centre  and  Union  streets 

adopted 13 

Broad  Street  Bridge  Company, approval  of  draft.... 18 

Taxes  fixed  at,  borough  1 per  cent.,  bounty  j per  cent., 


minutes  1870. 

Steam  fire  engine  companies  prohibited  from  using 
steamers  to  pump  out  cellars,  without  written  order 

of  majority  of  Finance  Committee 41 

Taxes  levied,  for  borough  1 per  cent.,  bounty j percent. 

head  tax  $3 42 

Diligence  engine  house  ordered  repaired..! 54 

Water  turned  through  Union  street  to  Manocacy  Creek.  60 
Expenses  and  necessary  debts  of  fire  companies  and 
hook  and  ladder  company,  undertaken  to  be  paid  by 

the  borough  in  future 63 

Prohibiting  more  than  one  steamer  from  attending  a 
fire  outside  the  borough,  except  in  extraordinary 
cases  and  then  only  by  permission  of  Burgess 63 


131 

MINUTES  1871. 

Vo l . IV,  Page, 

Bonds  in  favor  of  Simon  Jones  and  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church  ordered  to  be  drawn,  for  damages  in 
opening  Wall  street,  on  their  giving  satisfactory 

deed  to  borough 74 

Grade  at  corner  of  South  Main  street  and  Old  Road 

changed 82 

Cedar  street,  draft  of,  adopted 8(1 

Bethlehem  Water  Company  offer  entire  works  at  par 
price  of  stock  $20,300.  and  $2000  due  Bethlehem 

Congregation 88 

Two  Street  Supervisors  ordered  to  be  elected 00 

Offer  of  E.  F.  Tice  to  give  dee  1 for  strip  of  land,  ou 

certain  conditions 03 

Consent  of  Bethlehem  Water  Company  to  transfer  of 

their  works  and  charter  to  borough 04 

Street  lamps  ordered  to  be  kept  burning  until  11  o’clock 
between  March  1 and  October  1;  remaining  months 

until  10  o’clock 95 

Reservoir  ordered  repaired 0(1 

Water  tax*  ordered  to  be  levied  on  consumers  at  same 

rate  as  Water  Company 08 

Property  and  franchises  of  Bethlehem  Water  Company 
accepted  at  $20,425,  and  assumption  of  a debt  of 
$2000,  and  bonds  ordered  to  be  issued  in $50,  $i00, 

$200  and  $500,  at  7 per  cent 100 

Iron  tank,  construction  of,  ordered 102 

Pipes  ordered  to  be  bought  of  Star  & Company 104 

Burgess  ordered  to  grant  building  permits 104 

Treasurer  and  Clerk  directed  not  to  accept  deeds  from 
parties  claiming  damages  from  the  opening  of  Wall 

street . 104 

Water  bonds,  $10,000,  ordered  to  be  sold 104 

Site  for  reservoir  on  Lehigh  Mountain  offered  by  Steckel 

& Bodder  • 107 

Refusal  of  above  offer  accepted 107 

Copy  of  all  resolutions  to  June  1,  1871,  ordered  to  be 

made  by  a committee 109 

Books  and  accounts  of  borough  directed  to  be  completed 

to  March  1,  1871,  by  E.  F.  Bleck 108 

Proposals  for  diggiug  trenches  for  water  pipes  invited. . 109 


132 


Vol.  IV.  Page. 

Tin  box  for  keeping  documents  ordered 109 

Accrued  interest  on  water  bonds  allowed 109 

Widows’  House  exempted  from  borough  and  bounty  tax  110 

Fire-plugs  ordered Ill 

John  Shilling’s  water  pipes,  north  of  Citizens’  Hall. 

Proposal  to  tap  them 113 

Hose  ordered  to  be  bought;  500  feet  for  Perseverance, 

500  feet  for  Reliance  Company 115 

Standard  thread  and  size  of  hose  and  fire  plug  coupling 

adopted 115 

$20,000  water  bonds  ordered  sold,  and  six  inch 
water  pipes  along  Centre  street,  from  Broad  to 

Church,  ordered  laid 116 

Market  street  ordered  graded,  from  E.  F.  Bieck  east  to 

New  street 116 

Sprinkler  of  streets  ordered  to  pay  $1  per  week  in  ad- 
vance for  use  of  the  water 118 

Fire-plugs  at  northeast  corner  Centre  and  Market  streets, 
and  southwest  corner  Centre  and  Church,  ordered 

placed 118 

Contracts  for  1,000  feet  hose  authorized,  also  branch 

pipes  and  couplings * 119 

Report  as  to  labor  in  transcribing  bounty  accounts,  E. 

F.  Bieck,  adopted 119 

Crossing  North  and  Centre  streets  adopted 119 

Old  water  pipes,  committee  directed  to  sell 121 

Union  and  Goepp  streets,  report  concerning  water  in, 

adopted 123 

Fire-plug  couplings,  New  York  standard  adopted 123 

Hose  couplings,  Jone’s  patent  adopted 123  . 

Union  street,  proposals  for  filling  up  invited 124 

Crossing  over  New  street,  from  northeast  to  southeast 

corner  of  Union  street,  ordered 125 

Crossing  on  Main,  from  sutheast  to  southwest  corner  of 

Fairview  street,  ordered 126 

Contract  for  filling  Union  street  awarded  to  John  Lucas  127 
Water  pipes  from  Broad  to  Garrison  through  Centre 

street  ordered  laid 128 

Reservoir  on  Market  street  ordered  removed 129 

Same  rescinded 138 

Claim  of  Perseverance  Fire  Company  to  a credit  of 

$1,000  referred  to  a committee. 129 


133 


Vol.IV.  Page. 

Capt.  Geo.  Dutch's  heirs  offer  property  in  New  street  to 

borough  for  $17,000 134 

Inspection  of  location  and  advantages  « f the  property 

offered  by  Bodder  & Steckel  ordered 135 

Water  pipes,  six  inch,  on  High  from  Broad  south  to 

Market  street  ordered  laid 135 

Water  pipes,  six  inch,  on  Main  street  from  North  to  Fair- 
view  ordered  laid,  and  all  pipes  of  less  dimensions 

ordered  taken  up 135 

Board  of  Health  reappointed 137 

Lot  west  side  Main  street  ordered  to  be  bought  for 

$520  for  borough  purposes 142 

Loan  of  $2,000  authorized 143 

minutes  1872. 

Blasting  stones  in  Union  street,  protest  against  and 

orders  of  Council 144 

Offer  to  rent  water  works  and  mill  by  L.  D.  Snyder 146 

Action  of  Board  of  Health  in  procuring  nurses  sanc- 
tioned  149 

Water  works  and  mill,  G.  Bishop  retained  at  same  rent.  149 
Levies  and  title  of  property  on  Broad  street  bought  of 

Water  Company  ordered  to  be  ascertained 150 

Waste  water,  F.  E.  Stuber,  ordered  to  dig  a sink  for  in 

rear  of  his  property 153 

Armory  building,  committee  report  John  Levers  to  be 

entitled  to  5 feet  on  each  side  of,  east  and  west 153 

Crossing  over  Bath  Kail  road  on  Union  street  ordered  to 

be  planked 157 

Deed  for  Water  Company’s  Works  ordered,  referred  to 
Solicitor,  Engineer  and  President  of  Water  Com- 
pany  158 

Board  of  Health,  additional  number  appointed 173 

Inventory  of  all  borough  property  ordered  to  be  made 

by  Street  Committee  and  Street  Supervisor 174 

Grades  at  northeast  corner  of  Cunow’s  alley  and  Main 

street  and  crossing  at  Cunow’s  alley  adopted 176 

Instructions  ordered  to  be  given  John  Lucas  by  the 
Street  Committee  and  Borough  Engineer,  so  that  he 
may  have  no  reasonable  excuse  for  delay  in  not 
completing  his  contract 178 


134 


Vol.  IV.  Page. 

Messrs.  Jacoby  & Ott  permitted  to  have  a 10  foot  pave- 
ment, but  to  comply  with  the  established  grade  ....  178 
Union  street,  gutters  destroyed  by  rains,  ordered  to 
be  repaired,  and  culvert  in  Main  street  ordered  to 

be  widened  to  5 feet  and  height  in  proportion 170 

Sewers  from  School  alley  in  North  street  to  Main,  and 
in  Goepp  street  from  School  alley  to  Manocacy, 

ordered  to  be  made 180 

Proposals  for  grading  Lehigh  street,  Centre  street  to 

Church,  and  Church  to  Linden,  invited 180 

Obstruction  in  New  street  before  W.  B.  Rice’s  ordered 

removed 181 

John  Lucas  ordered  paid  as  per  contract 182 

Crossing  in  Main  street  on  north  side  of  Ettwein  street 

ordered 182 

Deed  of  conveyance  for  waterworks  executed,  presented 

and  ordered  to  be  recorded 183 

Grading  of  Lehigh,  Church,  Centre  and  Linden  streets 

awarded  to  Kaufman  & Schimrael 184 

Tax  rate  fixed,  borough  1 per  cent.,  bounty  1 per  cent., 

head  tax  $3,  dogs  per  ordinance 186 

Union  street,  original  grade  adopted 186 

Same  rescinded 189 

Lehigh  street,  Engineer  ordered  to  correct  mistakes  in 

grade  if  any  there  be 188 

Gas  burners,  gross  ordered  to  be  bought It  8 

Cedar  street  ordered  graded  as  per  draft  adopted 189 

Crossing  in  Fairview,  west  side  of  Main  street,  ordered  190 
Church  street  gradein  front  of  B.  F.  Schneller’s  property 

fixed' 194 

Imperfect  hose  ordered  condemned  and  returned  to 

manufacturers 194 

Grade  of  Church  street,  from  Linden  eastward,  changed  196 
Obstructions  in  front  of  W.  B.  Bice’s  ordered  removed.  197 
All  stray  cattle  in  borough  limits  ordered  to  be  taken  up  197 
Election  for  Chief  Engineer  appointed  for  July  19,  1872  198 
Spruce  street  ordered  to  be  graded  as  far  as  necessary...  204 

Crossing  in  Church  at  intersection  of  Cedar  granted 205 

Beward  of  $500  offered  for  apprehension  and  conviction 

of  incendiaries 206 


135 


Vol.IV.  Page. 


Crossings  ordered  in  Church  street  from  Chapman’s  to 
cemetery,  aod  in  Centre  street  at  Franklin  School  - 

house 207 

Grading,  all  in  progress  ordered  finished  and  all  new 

grading  to  he  dispensed  with  for  want  of  funds 208 

Loan  of  $1,000  for  90  days  authorized 209 

Resignation  of  Fire  Engineer  accepted 210 

Unangst  mill  property,  decided  to  secure  the  refusal  of 
same,  and  of  ground  sufficient  for  a reservoir,  for 

four  weeks 214 

Badges  and  ropes  for  fire  compani  s ordered 217 

Chief  Engineer,  fire  lantern  ordered  for;  Nisky  Hook  & 
Lidder  Company,  2 ropes,  4 catchers,  4 bottoms 


ou  lanterns,  1 speaking  trumpet  ordered;  Diligence 
Hose,  600  feet  hose,  8 spanners,  2 reducers,  4 plain 
lanterns,  1 trumpet;  Re'iance,  1 new  suction,  12 
spanners,  2 ianterns,  2 new  bottoms,  2 reducers,  1 
ax  for  kindii  >g  wood,  fire  box,  hooks  on  axle  of 
hose  carriage;  Perseverance,  tires  on  wheels,  1 re- 
ducer, coupling,  1 doz.  spanners,  4 lanterns,  1 fire 
grate,  waste  to  clean  engine,  1 suction,  ordered 


bought 218 

Fire  department,  $1,500  bonds  ordered  sold,  for  the 

use  of 219 

Proceeds  of  sale  of  condemned  hose  appropriate  to  use 

of  fire  department 220 

Report  of  E.  F.  Bleck,  with  suggestions  on  the  finance 

adopted 225 

minutes  1873. 

Committee  of  conference  appointed  to  discuss  a plan  to 
consolidate  the  Water  Works  of  Bethlehem  and 

South  Bethlehem 225 

Prohibiting  the  payment  of  any  coal  whatever  delivered 
to  fire  department  unless  the  seller  produce  a writ- 
ten order  signed  by  the  Burgess 226 

Two  engineers  and  street  committee  directed  to  examine 
contested  bill  of  John  Lucas,  in  accordance  with 

their  books 226 

Inquiry  ordered  as  to  the  proper  parties  to  rent  away  the 

well  of  the  Water  Works 227 


136 


Vol.  IV-  Pm  go 


Legal  opinion  showing  the  Borough  Council,  with  the 
Water  Board,  to  be  the  proper  parties  to  rent  Water 

Works  mill 228 

Lessee  of  the  mill  required  to  give  security  in  the  sum 

of  $2000 229 

Mill  awarded  to  Gilbert  Bishop  for  next  year,  commenc- 
ing April  1,  1873 229 

Reduction  of  10  cents  per  1000  brick  made  on  behalf  of 

Grace  Lutheran  Church  for  use  of  water 230 

Street  committee  ordered  to  meet  attorney  of  John  Lu- 
cas for  an  amicable  settlement 231 

Report  of  Street  Committee  appointed  to  meet  John 
Lucas  showing  that  Lucas'  claims  for  2,900  yards 
and  balance  of  $633  02.  The  borough  admits  owing 

him  $24,  balance  on  1,563  yards 232 

Crossing  on  Linden  street  from  northeast  to  northwest 

corner  of  Market  street  granted 235 

Perseverance  engine  house,  repairs  ordered 235 

Warrants  of  survey,  500  copies  of,  ordered  printed 238 

Borough  Engineer  and  his  successors  required  to  give 
bond  in  $1,000  for  faithful  performance  of  their 
duties,  and  to  pay  for  all  errors  in  surveys 238 


Warrants  of  survey  ordered  to  be  issued  by  the  clerk 
to  any  person  requiring  the  correct  grade  of  streets 
for  building  or  curbing,  on  a description  of  proper- 
ty to  be  surveyed  being  filed  with  the  clerk,  the 
clerk  to  receive  $2  50  for  first  60  feet  or  less,  and 
2 cts.  per  foot  for  every  additional  foot.  The 
Borough  Engineer  required  to  attend  to  same  in  5 
days,  and  indorse  same  on  completion  of  the  work, 
such  warrants  to  exempt  holder  thereof  from  dam-  236 


ages  arising  from  changes  of  grade  by  Council 249 

Loan  of  $7,000  at  7 per  cent,  authorized  to  pay  off 
interest  falling  due  and  amount  due  First  National 

Bank 250 

Beats  for  police  officers  directed  to  be  laid  out 250 

Committee  of  conference  to  consider  the  probable  cost 
of  pebbling  Main  street, between  Broad  and  Market, 

appointed 252 

Conference  ordered  with  different  fire  companies  for 
purpose  of  procuring  a room  suitable  for  police 
station 7 253 


R 


137 


Vel  IV.  Page, 

Solicitor  ordered  to  compile  and  have  printed  in  one 
book  or  pamphlet  form,  1st,  general  borough  law, 

2d,  all  acts  of  assembly  pertaining  to  the  borough, 

3d,  the  ordinances  and  resolutions  of  the  borough 
to  date,  also  that  500  copies  be  printed  in  above 

mentioned  form., 253 

Nuisance  in  shape  of  hole  corner  of  Lehigh  street  and 
School  alley  referred  to  Street  Committee  with 

power  to  act 254 

Street  Committee  ordered  to  ascertain  price  of  an  alarm 

bell  and  procure  suitable  building  for  the  same 250 

Police  headquarters  fixed  at  Bishop’s  shoe  store,  Broad 
street,  so  that  an  officer  may  always  be  found  be- 
tween 7 and  12  P.  M 257 

Tax  rate  fixed,  borough  l per  cent.,  bounty  1 per  cent., 


Street  Supervisor  directed  to  build  a shed  on  the  bo- 
rough lot  for  storing  old  engine,  borough  tools,  &c.  260 
Treasurer  authorized  to  buy  necessary  books,  and  re- 
quested to  bring  up  borough  accounts  to  date,  and 

that  he  receive  extra  compensation 261 

Steers  & Nephew  granted  privilege  of  laying  a pipe  over 
borough  property  into  Manocacy  Creek,  for  use  in 
tneir  dyeing  establishment,  waste  water  to  be  re- 
turned to  the  creek 261 

Canal  street  laid  out  and  opened  as  a street  of  the  bo- 
rough at  a width  33  feet  and  at  right  angles  with 
New,  as  far  as  western  side  of  Gas  alley,  thence  83J 

deg.  southwest  to  Manocacy  bridge 262 

Canal  street,  filling  up  making  of  same  passable,  and 
settlement  of  damages  with  Gas  Company  undar- 
taken  by  A.  T.  Doster ; his  plans  and  profile  adopt- 
ed  262 

Loan  of  steamer  granted  Weston  Dodson 263 

Main  street,  second  survey  of  Eugene  Rauch  adopted  to 

Mill  Road 264 

Crossings ; all  directed  to  be  made  by  contract  under 
supervision  of  the  Street  Committee,  who  shall  be 

the  judges  of  material  used 266 

Fairview  street,  from  Main  street  to  old  Mill  Road  or- 
dered to  be  graded  according  to  second  survey 268 


138 


Vol  IV.  Page 

Young  Men’s  Missionary  Society  of  Bethlehem , their 
petition  to  have  the  old  Perseverance  fire  engine 
placed  in  their  museum  in  trust  for  safe  keeping 


until  otherwise  ordered,  granted 270 

Chief  of  Police,  with  his  entire  force  directed,  in  con- 
junction with  Council,  to  remove  the  old  Perse- 
verance fire  engine  to  Young  Men’s  Missionary  So- 
ciety’s Museum  forthwith 270 


Chief  Engineer  Instructed  to  call  a meeting  of  Persever- 
ance Fire  Company  and  examine  into  the  difficulty 
concerning  the  removal  of  the  old  engine,  and 
other  misconduct  reported,  and  Burgess  instructed 
to  place  one  or  more  policemen  on  the  premises  day 
and  night,  until  the  present  difficulty  is  arranged, 
Chief  Engineer  to  report  to  Burgess  as  soon  as 


possible 270 

Police  ordered  to  meet  Council  at  Perseverance  engine 
house  forthwith,  and  remove  said  engine,  if  not 

peacably  then  by  force 270 

Engine  removed  and  placed  in  museum 271 

Report  of  Chief  Engineer  that  Perseverance  Fire  Com- 
pany had  disbanded 271 

Citizens  invited  to  give  their  opinion  in  a free  discussion 

in  the  matter  of  organizing  a new  company 271 

History  of  old  Perseverance  engine  stated  by  citizens...  272 


Committee  of  three  directed,  in  conjunction  with  the 
Chief  Engineer,  to  take  charge  of  all  the  property 
and  apparatus  of  Perseverance  Company,  No.  1, 
and  hold  same  subject  to  order  of  Council,  or  until 
another  organization  is  effected,  when  committee 
shall  deliver  said  property  to  such  new  organization  273 
Committee  on  Fire  Apparatus  directed  to  procure 


horses  forthwith. 273 

Appeal  to  original  members  of  Perseverance  Fire  Com- 
pany, and  all  good  citizens  and  property  owners  to 

unite  in  effecting  a new  organization 273 

All  property  heretofore^held  by  Perseverance  Company, 

No.  1,  turned  over  in  trust  to  new  organization  with  274 

key  to  engine  house 275 

Crossing  in  Main  across  Fairview  street  granted 27<> 

Curbs  of  Mr.  Brendle  ordered  reset  at  borough  expense  277 
Health  Committee  appointed 277 


189 


Vol.  IV.  Page* 


Pave  wash  in  front  of  emh  engine  house  granted 279 

Perseverance  Fire  Company’s  house  ordered  repaired 

and  frame  stable  for  horses  ordered  to  be  built 281 

Crossing  in  Fairview  street,  opposite  G.  J.  Desh, 

granted 282 

Resignation  of  Chief  Engineer  accepted  and  new  elec- 
tion ordered 288 

A.  Wolle  invited  to  meet  Council  concerning  borough 

tax  in  connection  with  the  water  pipes 285 

Specified  bill  of  items  required  hereafter  before  any  bill 

against  the  borough  will  be  signed  or  approved 289 

Crossing  at  intersection  of  Market  and  Linden  streets  289 

north  side  granted  of  slate 290 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  the  sum  of  $259  48  with 
interest  from  August,  1809,  ordered  to  be  paid  them 
for  their  actual  damages  in  stopping  work  and  re- 


moving the  foundation  of  their  church,  also  that 
Wall  street  remain  unopened  as  a street  of  this 
borough,  and  by  agreement  writh  a committee  of 
said  church,  ordered  that  proceedings  of  Quarter 
Sessions  in  reference  to  opening  Wall  street  and 
damages  for  same  be  null  and  void,  and  that  the 
land  included  in  the  opening  of  said  street  remain 


the  property  of  said  church 298 

Chief  Engineer  ordered  to  procure  Jones’  coupling 800 

Half-dozen  buckets  for  Nisky  Hook  & Ladder  Company,  1 
stove  for  Perseverance,  oil  and  waste  for  different 
companies 800 


3fist  of  Jfftembcrs  of  Jorough  Council, 

AS  ELECTED. 


MARCH.  1st  Year  of  Organization.  1845. 


BURGESS, 

Chas.  A.  Lnckenbach. 

MEMBERS  OF  COUNCIL, 
Philip  H.  Goepp, 
Benjamin  Eggert, 

E.  F.  Bleck, 

Christian  Lnckenbach, 
Henry  G.  Guetter, 
Lewis  Doster, 

William  Lnckenbach, 
Chas.  L.  Knanss. 


1846. 

BURGESS, 

Chas.  A.  Lnckenbach. 

COUNCIL, 

Henry  G.  Guetter, 
John  M.  Miksch, 

Lewis  Doster, 

William  Lnckenbach, 
C.  L.  Knauss, 
Christian  Lnckenbach. 
Benjamin  Eggert, 
Philip  H.  Goepp, 

E.  F.  Bleck. 


Street  Committee, 
Christian  Lnckenbach, 
Benjamin  Eggert, 
Lewis  Doster. 

Finance  Committee, 
Philip  H.  Goepp, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

E.  F.  Bleck. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

John  C.  Weber. 

2d  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

Lewis  Doster, 

Henry  G.  Guetter. 
Finance  Committee, 
Christian  Lnckenbach, 
Benjamin  Eggert, 

Chas.  L.  Knanss, 
Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

John  C.  Weber. 


1847. 

BURGESS, 

John  M Miksch. 

COUNCIL, 

Lewis  Doster, 

William  Luckenbach, 

Chas.  L.  Knauss, 

Uenj.  Eggert, 

Philip  H.  Goepp, 

Joseph  H.  Taylor, 

Chas.  A.  Luckenbach, 

E.  F.  Bleck, 

Matthew  Krause. 

1848.  4th 

BURGESS, 

John  M.  Miksch. 

COUNCIL, 

Benj.  Eggert, 

Philip  H.  Goepp, 

E.  F.  Bleck, 

Joseph  H.  Taylor, 
Matthew  Krause, 

Chas.  A.  Luckenbach, 
Wm,  K.  Huffnagle, 

John  F.  Rauch, 

Jacob  C.  Luckenbach, 

1849.  5th 

BURGESS, 

E.  F.  Bleck. 

COUNCIL, 

Joseph  H.  Taylor, 

Resigned  March  1,  1849. 
M itthew  Brown, 

M.  Krause. 

C.  B.  Luckenbach, 

J.  F.  Rauch, 

Jacob  C.  Luckenbach, 

W.  K.  Huffnagle, 

J.  T.  Borhek, 

Philip  H.  Goepp, 

Aaron  George. 


141 

3d  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 
C.  A . Luckenbach, 

B.  Eggert, 

C.  L.  Knauss. 
Finance  Committee, 
Philip  H.  Goepp, 
Joseph  H.  Taylor. 

E.  F.  Bleck. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

John  C.  Weber. 

YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 
C.  A.  Luckenbach, 
Benj.  Eggert, 

Wm.  K.  Huffnagle, 
Finance  Committee, 
Philip  H.  Goepp, 
Joseph  H.  Taylor, 
John  F.  Rauch. 
Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

John  C.  Weber. 

YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 
Wm.  K.  Huffnagle, 
Matthew  Brown, 
Jacob  C.  Luckenbach. 

Finance  Committee, 
Philip  H.  Goepp, 

J.  F.  Rauch, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach. 
Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 
Treasurer, 

John  C.  Weber. 


142 


1850. 

BURGESS, 

E.  F.  Bleck. 

COUNCIL, 

J.  F.  Rauch, 

W.  K.  Huffnagle. 
Jacob  Luckenbach, 

J.  T.  Borhek, 

Philip  H.  Goepp, 
Aaron  George, 

A.  H.  Rauch, 
Matthew  Brown, 

C,  A.  Luckenbach. 


C>th  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 
W.  K.  Huffnagle, 
Matthew  Brown, 
Jacob  Luckenbach. 
Finance  Committee, 
Philip  H.  Goepp, 

J.  F.  Rauch, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach, 
Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 
Treasurer, 


1851.  7th  YEAR. 

hilip  El.  Goepp,  J-  T.  Borhek,  A.  II.  Rauch  and  C.  A.  Luckenbach  resigned 
their  seats  in  Council,  March  17, 1851. 

Street  Committee, 


BURGESS, 

Jacob  Wolle. 

COUNCIL, 

Aaron  George, 

John  Krause, 

Christian  F.  Luch, 
John  C.  Malthaner, 
Matthew  Brown, 

Chas.  F.  Kremser, 
Abraham  L.  Huebener, 
William  Bush, 
Christian  Lange. 


Matthew’  Brown, 
John  Krause, 

Aaron  George. 
Finance  Committee, 
Abr.  L.  Huebener, 
William  Bush, 
JohnC.  Malthaner. 
Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 
John  C.  Weber. 


August  18. 1851,  Jacob  Wolle  resigned  as  Burgess. 
August  30, 1851,  Jedidiah  Weiss  was  elected  Burgess. 


1852. 

BURGESS. 

Jedidiah  Weiss. 

COUNCIL, 

John  Krause, 

M.  Brown, 

Chas.  F.  Kremser, 
Wm.  Bush, 

Christian  Lange, 

Dr.  A.  L.  Huebener, 
John  Berger, 

Simon  Rau, 

Edw.  Weinland. 


8th  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 
M.  Brown, 

John  Krause, 

C.  B.  Daniel  in 
place  of  C.  Kremser. 
Finance  Committee. 
S.  Rau, 

Wm.  Bush, 

John  Berger. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 
John  C.  Weber. 


143 


Chas.  Kremser  resigned  August  18,1852.  Chas.  B.  Daniel  elected  August 
r 0,  1852.  Dr.  A.  L.  Huebener  resigned  August  18,  185 J-  Wm.  F.  Ritter 
elected  August  80, 1852. 


1853. 

BURGESS, 

E.  F.  Bieck. 

COUNCIL, 

Wm.  F.  Ritter, 

Wm.  Bush, 

Christian  Lange, 

John  Berger, 

Simon  Rau, 

Edw.  Weinland, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

A.  W.  Radley, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach. 

John  Berger  died  April  4, 1858, 
Weinland  resigned  May  4,  1853. 

1854. 

BURGESS. 

Philip  H.  Goepp. 

COUNCIL, 

Peter  Kleekner, 

Simon  Rau, 

C.  B.  Daniel, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

A.  W.  Radley, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach, 

Chas.  F.  Beckel, 

Wm.  F.  Ritter, 

John  Walp. 

Peter  Kleekner  resigned  June  10,  D54. 

1855.  lit 

BURGESS, 

Benjamin  Van  Kirk. 

COUNCIL, 

A.  W.  Radley, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach, 

C.  F.  Beckel. 

VV.  F.  Ritter, 

John  Walp, 

Reuben  O.  Luckenbach, 
Nathan  Bartlett, 

Chas.  W.  Rauch, 


9th  YEAR 

Street  Committee. 

C.  A.  Luckenbach, 

J.  Miksch, 

John  Berger. 

Finance  Committee, 

A.  W.  Radley, 

P.  Kleekner, 

Wm.  F.  Ritter. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner, 
Treasurer, 

William  Luckenbach. 

C.  B.  Daniel  elected  April  30,  1853.  Edw. 
Jeter  Kleekner  electee  June  2,  1853. 

10th  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach, 

John  Walp, 

C.  B.  Daniel. 

Finance  Committee, 

C,  F.  Beckel, 

Simon  Rau, 

J.  M.  Miksch. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

Louis  F.  Beckel. 

O.  E.  Peisert  elected  June  25, 1854. 

i YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 

C.  F.  Beckel, 

John  Walp, 

C.  W.  Rauch. 

Finance  Committee, 

N.  Bartlett, 

R.  O.  Luckenbach, 

A.  W.  Hadley. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

Louis  F.  Beckel. 


144 


1856. 

BURGESS, 

Benjamin  Van  Kirk. 

COUNCIL, 

John  Walp, 

C.  F.  Beckel, 

R,  O.  Luckenbach, 

N.  Bartlett, 

C.  W.  Rauch, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

A.  W.  Radley, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach, 

Wm.  F.  Ritter. 

(Jha,s.  F.  Beckel  resigned  May  4,  1856  

1856,  Benjamin  Van  Kirk,  Burgess,  resigned  July  1,  1856. 
elected  Burgess  July  12,  1856. 

1857. 

BURGESS, 

Jacob  Wolle.  * 

COUNCIL, 

R.  O.  Luckenbach, 

N.  Bartlett, 

C.  W.  Rauch, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

A.  W.  Radley, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach, 

George  Steinman, 

Henry  Milchsack, 

John  Walp. 

C.  A.  Luckenbach  resigned  July  3,  1857 


12th  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

R.  O.  Luckenbach. 

W.  F.  Ritter. 

Finance  Committee, 

N.  Bartlett, 

John  Walp, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

W.  L.  Brown. 

Louis  F.  Beckel  elected  May  24, 
",  1856.  Rdw.  H.  Rauch 

13th  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 

A.  W.  Radley, 

John  Walp, 

C.  A-  Luckenbach. 
Finance  Committee, 

N.  Bartlett, 

R.  O.  Luckenbach, 
George  Steinman. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

W.  L.  Brown. 

S.  A.  Steckel  elected  July  25,  1857, 


1858.  14th  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 
Jacob  Wolle. 

COUNCIL, 
J.  M.  Miksch, 

A.  W.  Radley, 

S.  A.  Steckel, 
George  Steinman, 
H.  Milchsack, 
John  Walp, 

Jacob  H.  Lilly, 

C.  E.  Peisert, 

N.  Bartlett. 


Street  Committee, 
A.  W.  Radley, 

S.  A.  Steckel, 

J.  H.  Lilly. 

Finance  Committee, 
N.  Bartlett, 

Edward  Peisert, 

J ohn  Walp. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 
Treasurer, 

W.  L.  Brown. 


14o 


1851).  15  th  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 
Jacob  Wolle. 

COUNCIL, 
George  Steiniuan, 
H.  Milchsack, 
John  Walp, 

Jacob  Lilly, 

C.  E.  Peisert, 

N.  Bartlett, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 
Jonas  Snyder, 
Merrit  Abbott. 


Street  Committee, 
Jonas  Snyder, 

Merrit  Abbott, 

J.  H.  Lilly. 

Finance  Committee, 
N.  Bartlett, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

C.  E.  Peisert. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

W.  L.  Brown. 


1860. 

BURGESS, 

Ira  Cortright. 

COUNCIL, 
Jacob  M.  Lilly, 

C.  E.  Peisert, 

N.  Bartlett. 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

Jonas  Snyder, 

M.  Abbott, 

William  Leibert, 
John  Walp, 

Josiah  George. 


lath  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 
Jonas  Snyder, 

M.  Abbott, 

Josiah  George. 
Finance  Committee, 

N.  Bartlett, 

C.  Edward  Peisert, 
J.  M.  Mikseh. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

W.  L.  Brown. 


1861. 

BURGESS. 

Ira  Cortright, 
COUNCIL, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

Jonas  Snyder, 

Merrit  Abbott, 

Wm.  Leibert, 

J osiah  George, 

Ambrose  J.  Erwin. 

Chas.  Bodder, 

H.  S.  Sellers, 

John  Walp. 

John  Walp  resigned  August  14, 1861. 


17th  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 
Josiah  George, 

M.  Abbott, 

Chas.  Bodder. 

Finance  Committee. 
Jonas  Snyder, 

J.  M.  Miksch, 

A.  J.  Erwin. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 
Treasurer, 

W.  L.  Brown. 

Charles  Blank  elected  Sept.  1, 1861 


146 


1862.  18th  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 
Nathan  Bartlett. 

COUNCIL, 
Lewis  Doster,  Jr., 
D.  O.  Luckenbach, 
F.  E.  Huber, 

H.  S.  Sellers, 

Chas.  Bodder, 

A.  J.  Erwm, 

Josiah  George, 
Chas.  Blank, 

Wm.  Leibert. 


Street  Committee, 
Josiah  George, 

Chas.  Bodder, 

Win.  Leibert. 
Finance  Committee, 
A.  J.  Erwin, 

Chas.  Blank, 

D.  O.  Luckenbach. 
Clerk. 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

W.  L.  Brown. 


1863. 

BURGESS, 
John  M.  Miksch. 

COUNCIL, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

Chas.  Bodder, 

H.  S.  Sellers, 

F.  E.  Huber, 

Lewis  Doster,  Jr., 

D.  O.  Luckenbach, 
Isaac  Walp, 

D.  H.  Bishop, 

John  K.  Dech. 


19th  YEAR. 

Street  Committee. 
Chas.  Bodder, 

F.  E.  Huber, 

A.  J.  Erwin. 

Finance  Committee, 
L.  Doster,  Jr., 

H.  S.  Sellers, 

D.  O.  Luckenbach. 
Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

W.  L.  Brown. 


1864.  20th  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 
Charles  F.  Beckel. 

COUNCIL, 
Isaac  Walp, 

D.  H.  Bishop. 

J.  K.  Dech, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

Chas.  Bodder, 

H,  S.  Sellers, 

F.  E.  Huber, 

Lewis  Doster,  Jr., 
D.  O.  Luckenbach. 


Street  Committee, 
Chas.  Bodder, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

D.  O.  Luckenbach. 
Finance  Committee, 
Lewis  Doster,  Jr., 

H.  S.  Sellers, 

F.  E.  Huber. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

W.  L.  Brown. 


147 


1805.  21st  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 

Chas.  F.  Beckel, 
COUNCIL, 

Isaac  Walp, 

D.  H.  Bishop, 

J.  K.  Dech, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

Chas.  Bodder, 

H.  S.  Sellers, 

R.  W.  Leibert, 

C.  F.  Eberliu, 

Win.  Frankenlield. 

Henry  S.  Sellers  resigned  Sept. 

1866. 


Street  Committee, 
Chas.  Bodder, 

Wm.  Frankenfield. 

J.  K.  Dech. 

Finance  Committee, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

D.  H.  Bishop, 

R.  W Leibert. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

1. 1^65.  John  Opp  elected  Sept.’ 25,  1865. 

22d  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 
Charles  F.  Beckel. 

COUNCIL, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

Chas.  Bodder, 

John  Opp, 

R.  W.  Leibert, 

C.  F.  Eberlin, 

Win.  Frankenfield, 
H.  T.  Milchsack, 
Isaac  Walp, 

Jacob  J.  Hoffman. 


Street  Committee, 
Chas.  Bodder, 

J.  J.  Hoffman, 

Wm.  Frankenfield, 
Finance  Committee, 
A.  J.  Erwin, 

R.  W.  Leibert, 

H.  T.  Milchsack. 
Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner, 
Treasurer, 
Samuel  Brunner. 


(J.  F,  Eberlin  died  before  tie*  expiration  of  hie  term.  Samuel  Snyder  elected 
fcr  the  unexpirod  term,  March,  1867. 

1867.  23d  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 

C.  F.  Beckel. 

COUNCIL, 

R.  W.  Leibert, 
Wm.  Frankenfield, 
Samuel  Snyder, 

H.  T.  Milchsack, 
Isaac  Walp, 

J.  J.  Hoffman, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

R.  A.  Grider, 

John  H.  Yost. 


Street  Committee, 
Wm.  Frankenfield, 

J.  J.  Hoffman, 

Isaac  Walp. 

Finance  Committee, 
R.  W.  Leibert, 

H.  T.  Milchsack, 

R.  A.  Grider. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner, 
Treasurer, 
Samuel  Brunner. 


148 


1868. 

BURGESS, 

C.  F.  Beckel. 

COUNCIL, 

H.  T.  Milchsack, 

Isaac  Walp, 

J.  J.  Hoffipan, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

R.  A,  Grider, 

John  H . Yost, 

Charles  E.  Shoemaker, 
Wm.  Frankenfield, 

R.  W.  Leibert. 


24th  YEAR. 

Street  Committee, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

H.  T.  Milchsack, 
Isaac  Walp. 

Finance  Committee, 
R.  W.  Leibert, 

J.  J.  Hoffman, 

R.  A.  Grider. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 
Treasurer, 

B.  F.  Schneller. 


1869.  25th  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 

C.  F.  Beckel. 

COUNCIL, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

R.  A.  Grider, 

J.  H.  Yost, 

C.  E.  Shoemaker, 
Wm.  Frankenfield, 
R.  W.  Leibert, 

J . B.  Zimmele, 
Erwin  Mushlitz, 
Simon  Kemmerer. 


Street  Committee,  * 
Wm.  Frankenfield, 

E.  Mushlitz, 

J.  H.  Yost. 

Finance  Committee, 
R W.  Leibert, 

A.  J.  Erwin, 

R.  A.  Grider. 

Clerk. 

Samuel  Brunner. 
Treasurer, 

B.  F,  Schneller. 


R.  W.  Leibert  resigned  Oct.  4, 1869.  Simon  Rau  elected  Oct.  20, 1869. 
J.  Erwin  resigned  Nov.  10, 1869.  Louis  Gerlach  elected  Nov.  21,  1869. 


1870.  26th  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 

C.  E.  Peisert. 
COUNCIL, 

C.  E.  Shoemaker, 
Wm.  Frankenfield, 
S,  Rau, 

J.  B.  Zimmele, 

E.  Mushlitz, 

S.  Kemmerer, 

D.  H.  Taylor, 

Jos.  Wendel, 

J.  W.  Beaber. 


Street  Committee, 
Wm.  Frankenfield, 

D.  H.  Taylor, 

S.  Kemmerer, 
Finance  Committee, 
S.  Rau, 

J.  B.  Zimmele, 

C.  E.  Shoemaker. 
Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach. 


A 


149 


27th  YEAR. 


1871. 

BURGESS, 
Ambrose  J.  Erwin, 
COUNCIL, 

J.  B.  Zimmele, 

E.  Mushlitz, 

S.  Kemmerer, 

D.  H.  Taylor, 

Joseph  Wendel, 

J.  W.  Beaber, 

S.  Rau. 

W.  B.  Rice. 

Jacob  Fries. 


Street  Committee, 

D.  H.  Taylor, 

Jacob  Fries, 

E.  Mushlitz. 

Finance  Committee, 
Simon  Rau, 

Joseph  Wendel, 

J.  B.  Zimmele. 
Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner 
Treasurer, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach. 


I).  H.  Taylor  resigned  in  February,  1871,  on  account  of  moving  away.  DaDiel 
Desh  elected  at  Spring  election,  1871. 

1872.  28th  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 

A.  J.  Erwin. 

COUNCIL,, 

Daniel  Desh, 

Joseph  Wendel, 

,1.  W.  Beaber* 

Simon  Rau, 

W.  B.  Rice, 

Jacob  Fries, 

A.  T.  Doster, 

George  F.  Herman, 
Josiah  Schweitzer. 

Jacob  Fries  resigned  Sept.  15,  1872, 


Street  Committee, 
Daniel  Desh, 

George  F.  Herman, 
Jacob  Fries. 

Finance  Committee, 
Simon  Rau. 

J.  W.  Beaber, 

Joseph  Wendel. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 

C.  A.  Luckenbach. 

Gaorge  J.  Desh  eleeted  Oct.  2, 1872 


1873.  29th  YEAR. 


BURGESS, 

A.  J.  Erwin. 

COUNCIL. 
Simon  Rau, 

W.  B.  Rice, 

George  J.  Desh, 
Albert  Doster, 
George  F.  Herman, 
Josiah  Sclrweitzer, 
Daniel  Desh, 

J.  H.  Yost, 

J.  W.  Beaber. 


Street  Committee, 
Daniel  Desh, 

Josiah  Schweitzer, 

J.  H.  Yost. 

Finance  Committee, 
J.  W.  Beaber, 

G.  F.  Herman, 

G.  J.  Desh. 

Clerk, 

Samuel  Brunner. 

Treasurer, 
William  V.  Knauss. 


General  31  ml  ex. 


Acts  of  Assembly  relating  to  the  Bcrough  of 
Bethlehem. 


Page. 

Act  Regulating  Boroughs 3-7 

Powers  of  corporate  officers 3-7 

Duties  “ “ “ 7-8 

Borough  officers 8-9 

Elections 10-11 

New  boroughs 11-12 

General  provisions 12-15 

Act  of  incorporation 16-25 

Rules  for  governing  business  in  Town  Council 26-30 

Act  regulating  election  districts 31 

Supplement  (1847)  to  Act  of  incorporation... 31-32 

“ (1856)  “ “ 32-33 

Further  “ (1864)  “ “ 33-34 

An  Act  authorizing  the  Borough  to  purchase  Water 
Works,  borrow  money  and  appoint  Water  Com- 
missioners  34 

Act  to  authorize  an  increase  of  taxes  for  borough 

purposes 38 

Supplement  (1868)  to  Aet  of  incorporation 38 

Act  authorizing  Burgess  and  Council  to  borrow  money  41 

Supplement  (1871)  to  the  Act  authorizing  the  pur- 
chase of  the  Water  Works,  &c.,  to  make  neces- 
sary improvement  and  extensions, borrow  money, 

and  appoint  commissioners,  &c 41 

Further  Supplement  (1872)  “ 43 

“ “ (1873)  “ “ 44 


INDEX. 


Ordinances  enacted  by  the  Burgess  and  Town 
Council  of  the  Borough  of  Bethlehem. 

Page. 

Concerning  the  Treasurer 47 

Town  Clerk 48-50 

High  Constable 50-52 

Fire  ladders,  hooks,  &c 52-53 

Directing  the  manner  of  conducting  actions  before 

the  Burgess 53-56 

Keeping  the  streets,  pavements  and  alleys  clear  of 

vehicles,  &c.,  and  concerning  building  materials  57  50 

Supplement  to  same 59-60 

Concerning  firing  of  guns  and  beating  of  drums  in 

the  streets 60-61 

Concerning  chimneys 61-63 

To  regulate  streets  and  alleys 63-65 

Concerning  Fire  Inspectors 65-66 

To  preserve  public  buildings,  footways  and  other 

property 67-68 

Concerning  taxing  dogs 68-69 

To  prevent  assembling  of  disorderly  persons 69-70 

For  regulating  shows 71-72 

Concerning  Fire  Marshals 73 

For  numbering  houses,  naming  streets,  alleys,  lanes, 

&e 74 

To  prevent  dogs  unmuzzled  running  at  large 75 

Supplement  to  same 76 

Concerning  riding  horses  and  driving  carriages, and 

to  prevent  horses,  &c\,  running  at  large,  to  76 

prevent  burning  of  shavings,  hay,  straw,  stubble, 

vines,  or  depositing  same,  &c 78 

Concerning  nuisances 80 

duties  of  Street  Supervisor 82 

horses,  mules,  cattle,  sheep, swine,  &c...  86 

To  establish  a Board  of  Health 87 


INDEX. 


Page 


Prevent  disorderly  con  duet  and  provide  for  summary 

arrests . 91 

For  regulating  distribution  of  water,  assessing  and 

collecting  taxes, rents  thereof, and  other  purposes  92 
Relating  to  Thief  Engineer,  Assistants  and  fire  ap- 
paratus  103 

Authorizing  a uniform  badge  for  Fire  Department 100 

Regulating  distribution  of  water,  assessing  and  col- 
lecting taxes  and  rents  thereof,  &c 107-117 

Water  rates 117-118 

Abstract  of  Principal  Resolutions  of  Town 

Council 119-139 

List  of  members  of  Council  since  organization, 

March,  1845 140-149 


-.T*  i.' 


